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Time to take a Detour (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by tankplanker@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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[–] arviceblot@midwest.social 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Seeing this board again inspired me to revisit my own custom. I really love how even with 14 columns it remains symmetric without using too many odd-sized keycaps (not against using a few blanks for the mods). And the arrow keys! This is the layout I've settled on for my own use: https://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/68b440125bd9755baf0fcb5faf19ed61

If it turns out OK I might have to get a case milled.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Very cool!! I think your bottom row may ultimately prove slightly more user friendly than mine, though I certainly got used to it. The ortholinear number row has proven to be a non-issue for me, though I have the "advantage" of not truly touch typing, and my hand-eye coordination therefore doesn't have too much trouble with losing that 0.5u stagger.

[–] arviceblot@midwest.social 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah I never developed the muscle memory for the num row so it shouldn’t be a problem