The periphery is not completely flat, but slightly inclined towards the user, thanks to the low step. In the dark, contrasting engraving saves, well reflecting light, as well as knowledge of the layout. All that is missing is the LED backlight, because if it was available, the batteries would have to be changed very often. The soft mechanism works quietly and does not strum, the feeling from the set can be compared to expensive ultrabooks. The size and kinematics of the keys are fully consistent with ultrabooks Low-profile scissor keys have a short 1.35mm travel with good feedback. Caps Lock has a built-in LED sticking indicator. All these changes did not affect letters, punctuation marks and numbers in any way, so you don’t even need to get used to the Designer Compact Keyboard.
You should also pay attention to the arrows reduced in the manner of laptops. First of all, Home, End, Page Up and Page Down occupy part of the function block and are triggered via Fn. The keyboard has room for only 79 keys with some features for miniaturization. If you put the Designer Compact Keyboard and Number Pad side by side, you get the feeling of a single device, there is no step between them. The minimalistic appearance fits perfectly into the desktop setting.
Namely, a very small thickness and a complete lack of free space outside the keys. The keyboard and number pad are separate gadgets, but they should be considered together due to their common design and ergonomics. The issue was resolved with the advent of the Microsoft Designer Compact Keyboard and the Number Pad from Microsoft. But it didn’t work to find a really suitable model: some didn’t fit in the kinematics of the keys, others were connected via a wire, and the rest were obscenely expensive.
I like it when the keyboard takes up a minimum of space on the desktop and can be easily removed when you need to work with a laptop without a monitor.