Isn’t a “click” just physically making two connectors touch so that a circuit is made to send the signal of an action? There doesn’t have to be any noise associated does there?
For example, if we used 2 springs, one to hold up the button and another to make the contact with the circuit, the click would be silent. Or maybe something already exists that I can swap out into my mouse?
Specifically for the extra buttons on the sides, I would prefer having gamepad-like switches, since the normal clicky ones don’t seem to do well over there.
While an audible click is not really necessary for switches, I consider it important to at least be able to feel it on my finger. Hence the word “tactile”.