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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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Keep it ergo

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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Some useful links

EMK wiki
Split keyboard compare tool
Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/

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Dragonfruit by protieusz - my first trackball build (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DeltaWhy@lemmy.world to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world

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Been daily driving low-profile Gateron switches for a while but wanted to give MX another shot. Mostly so I can use my nice keycaps again. I didn't buy this filament specifically for this build but I think it works really nicely.

Switches are Ergo Clears, lubed and filmed with (IIRC) 45g springs. They were previously on an Ergodox and barely got any use as I switched to smaller boards shortly after modding them and wasn't comfortable with desoldering yet, so I'm happy to have finally found a new home for them.

Caps are MT3 Godspeed, case is Overture Matte PLA (light blue and white), printed on the Sovol SV06 Plus.

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[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

It reminds me of a Stanley Mouse graphic used for a lot of Grateful Dead art

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I made a split, even posted it here on c/emk, but at this point I am just too old, yes, too old to begin the training. I had no motivation to actually learn to type on the thing, but rather just wanted to make more keyboards.

This is the first one I've seen that made me (briefly) reconsider. Nice work!

[–] freedumb@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great quality on that 3D printed base! Did you model it yourself?

[–] DeltaWhy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No, I just printed the case files from the GitHub repo.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like it! Although I would prefer 3x6.

[–] DeltaWhy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are some similar boards with 3x6 layouts - ffkb and vulpes majora, both by fingerpunch, support 3x6 with a center trackball. I do miss the extra keys a bit with 3x5 layouts - when I eventually design my own board I think I'm going to do a 40 key layout.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve looked at those but the 6th column stagger is a bit much for me with those.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was about to mention them - those keycaps are indeed peak functional design for me, just superb.

[–] shinnoodles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I am terrified yet intrigued by this absolute monster