Lovely! Where I'm from, we call those horse apples.
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I'll have to give before the storm a try! That's disappointing to hear that the third one was also a let down.
My girlfriend and I really enjoyed playing Life is Strange together like this. I think we both enjoyed the setting and characters quite a bit (high school in the Pacific Northwest). We tried Life is strange 2, but never really got into it.
I actually had originally intended to use the 5 pin switches, but the PCB I ordered only had holes for 3 pin. Fortunately, I had extras. I guess I should've used a case?
It's just a piece of cardboard that I taped it to. I've since replaced the floral washi tape with something more neutral hahaha.
I built two Ferris Sweeps today, one for home, and one for the office. I originally intended to build one, but after I tested the first, I immediately decided I wanted to also use this at work.
I wasn't able to figure out how to align the switches better, so the grid is pretty bad looking. It doesn't impact my typing at all, so I've left it alone.
I think next time, I'll want some kind of case for it, I'm currently using cardboard, and the whole thing is kinda janky looking.
I have 2 ergodox EZs, a homemade redox that uses Bluetooth, and a homemade dactyl manuform.
For ergonomics, I'd say these are my priorities:
- Split
- Ortholinear with staggered columns
- Tented
- Mechanical switches
The arrangement of keys on the ergodox got me to start typing correctly, and I think the split helped a lot with my posture.
I had some bad luck with my dactyl manuform, the tenting was too aggressive, and the thumb cluster was angled in such a way that it put lots of strain on my thumb. I'm currently looking at replacing that with a Ferris Sweep.
Bluetooth was a mistake, the latency was unbearable. It led to one half of the keyboard being consistently slower than the other half, so I'd constantly make mistakes. I used nice!nanos fwiw.
I use it in flatpak, and controllers work properly. The biggest downside to flatpak is that I don't know how to debug it when things go wrong, but so far, nothing has gone wrong enough for me to move away from flatpak for the last 3 years.