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« on: September 12, 2013, 12:13:12 PM »
Sanwas and the like don't have a tactile response that corresponds to when they actually engage, though. I know my button triggers long before it's completely depressed, which I consider a good thing, since it means the button triggers faster relative to when I make the motion.
I also imagine that the tactile response means that you'd feel force (pushback) trying to press the key down, as opposed to a stick button, which just goes down smoothly as you apply force. I know the tactile keyboard I'm using right now has a threshold I have to cross, then the button engages and goes down. Basically, the tactile buttons will have two states, depressed and not depressed, whereas the linear buttons will just press down with no resistance and trigger. I imagine the linear button press would feel like it responds more quickly, since there's no need to cross a certain threshold of force to get the key to depress.
...I hope that made sense.
EDIT: Also, I think what you feel as the response of your stick buttons is actually the "bottom out" force point, when they won't engage anymore, which doesn't correspond to when your button press actually registers.