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Paul_S 10y ago
Why stagger the keys?
- dkhenry 10y ago
  As a ergodox user I can answer that. While yes the matrix layout is _way_ better, the downside is that if you ever type on a standard keyboard you are immediately frustrated. I imagine it would depend on your working environment, but for me the combination of using a laptop, working with co-workers, and then using my desk with my awesome ergodox means that I am often fighting my own muscle memory to continue typing at a high rate of speed. There is something to be said to conforming to what most people have. Splitting the keyboard gives me a good compromise, I can still have my hands in relaxed positions, and while I am not going to be as fast as when I am on just the ergodox ,I gain by being much faster working in the other environments I often find myself in.
  - pfooti 10y ago
    Personally, I've found that it takes about five minutes for my hands to adjust when I switch between ergodox and laptop. (Basically working at home vs in a cafe). I'm a relatively speedy typist in either mode, but it does take adjusting to swap modes. That said, this is why I am not using colemak on my ergodox- I dont want to further distance the two keyboards.
    - aerique 10y ago
      I used to type on Dvorak at home and Qwerty at work and switching between the two was no issue.
  - 613style 10y ago
    I use an Advantage at work and a standard laptop keyboard at home and I would have to disagree. Using the Kinesis was a challenge the first week or so, but it never interfered with my typing on normal keyboards. The worst habit I picked up is occasionally mixing up + and ~, but that's not related to the matrix layout.
patleeman 10y ago
Same, I really like how they're building in the option to put a trackball or trackpad as attachments. Also as an ergodox user, i find the split keyboard more comfortable and allows my wrists to sit straight while typing.
Tobold 10y ago
Me too, simply because it's the only one I can find that has a trackpoint.

Paul_S 10y ago

Why stagger the keys?

dkhenry 10y ago
As a ergodox user I can answer that. While yes the matrix layout is _way_ better, the downside is that if you ever type on a standard keyboard you are immediately frustrated. I imagine it would depend on your working environment, but for me the combination of using a laptop, working with co-workers, and then using my desk with my awesome ergodox means that I am often fighting my own muscle memory to continue typing at a high rate of speed. There is something to be said to conforming to what most people have. Splitting the keyboard gives me a good compromise, I can still have my hands in relaxed positions, and while I am not going to be as fast as when I am on just the ergodox ,I gain by being much faster working in the other environments I often find myself in.
- pfooti 10y ago
  Personally, I've found that it takes about five minutes for my hands to adjust when I switch between ergodox and laptop. (Basically working at home vs in a cafe). I'm a relatively speedy typist in either mode, but it does take adjusting to swap modes. That said, this is why I am not using colemak on my ergodox- I dont want to further distance the two keyboards.
  - aerique 10y ago
    I used to type on Dvorak at home and Qwerty at work and switching between the two was no issue.
- 613style 10y ago
  I use an Advantage at work and a standard laptop keyboard at home and I would have to disagree. Using the Kinesis was a challenge the first week or so, but it never interfered with my typing on normal keyboards. The worst habit I picked up is occasionally mixing up + and ~, but that's not related to the matrix layout.

patleeman 10y ago

Same, I really like how they're building in the option to put a trackball or trackpad as attachments. Also as an ergodox user, i find the split keyboard more comfortable and allows my wrists to sit straight while typing.

Tobold 10y ago

Me too, simply because it's the only one I can find that has a trackpoint.