My keyboard just died and I'm a bit happy to need to get a new one. My previous one was a gaming keyboard with Cherry MX Red switches. It was fine for gaming, but horrible for chatting/typing because it was so sensitive, I'd always have typos. The keyboard would always register multiple key presses while typing.

I tried my daughter's keyboard with blue switches and it seemed good.

Is blue the best key switch for a compromise between typing and gaming?

From what I have seen and heard, the middle ground are actually brown switches.; basically, brown are less sensitive than red, but also quieter than blue.

Thanks. I'll check out brown then. I don't care too much about the sound level, but I hated having so many typos with the hyper sensitive red keys. It took me forever to chat with my alliance.