Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)
i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²
¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid
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I have made myself a wireless, 30-key keyboard, and have decided to make things more complicated by learning a new layout as well. This was my first time ordering PCBs and sourcing components locally, so am feeling a bit chuffed. I had to bolt everything down to a board, as the case snaps around the PCB, and was tight enough to start bowing the sides up, but this fix works and I'm happy with the aesthetic.
Check out my modified Hands Down Vibranium-f layout.
I don't know how I feel about having S on my left pinky, or pinky at all. It's a very common double letter, which is uncomfortable to double tap with that finger. 😅
Whoaa I've never heard of Hands Down layout! Wish I had but I'm pretty invested in Colemak-dh at this point lol. Nice board!!
This looks incredibly comfortable! I always hate how far away the inner upper and lower keys are, even with a 36-key board, and the pinky finger does not feel like it is made to operate 3 keys.
I am still on qwerty on my 42 key board where I'm trying to move to having only 35 (3 left, 2 right thumbs and 5x3), with the intent of getting a Bastardkb Charybdis Nano or Dilemma at some point, to remove the need to move my hand to a mouse.
But this looks very interesting, especially to my index finger! I'll definitely consider a smaller board before deciding which weird layout I'll move to after qwerty.