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Another split keyboard alternative to this and the UHK is the freestyle edge: https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/ https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/ Had

Another split keyboard alternative to this and the UHK is the freestyle edge: https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/ https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/ Had way less of a learning curve than my ergodox.

jasonlotito 8y ago
I use the Freestyle2 Blue, and absolutely love it. Enough that I have one for home and work. I don't have the gaming one yet for my gaming PC, but I'm seriously considering picking it up. The difference is I don't use my gaming PC for typing much, so it's less of an issue. Still, It's a wonderful keyboard.
briatx 8y ago
I have a Freestyle Edge and I love it. Although I'm intrigued by the integrated pointer options, I don't think I'll make the switch due to the pricetag and 60% form factor.
suprfnk 8y ago
> Had way less of a learning curve than my ergodox. The big difference to the keyboard you linked, the Ergodox is an ortholinear keyboard. It is to be expected that that comes with a learning curve if you've only typed on a staggered keyboard. I personally think ortholinear is worth the learning curve.
- JdeBP 8y ago
  It's a shame that the Ergodox marketing blurb implies that they invented it. > archaic design, which we fixed It was fixed a long time ago, by other people. Maltron keyboard designs have had this since the 1980s. Lillian Malt criticized "[t]he uneven stretches caused by the diagonal slope of the rows of keys on qwerty" in 1977. PCD Maltron's first demo keyboard from 1976 eliminated that slope. * https://www.maltron.com/maltron-history.html https://www.maltron.com/maltron-history.html That wasn't a novel criticism even then.
kabdib 8y ago
I bought one of these when they came out, and my first weekend with it I just couldn't stop typing, it was so much fun. The only misdesign I can think of is that the DEL key should be bigger. (The ESC key is huge and hard to miss, which is fantastic).
in_hindsight 8y ago
It’s the best split keyboard on the market right now. Maybe VEA is better but good luck finding the first revision and second one is nowhere in sight

jasonlotito 8y ago

I use the Freestyle2 Blue, and absolutely love it. Enough that I have one for home and work. I don't have the gaming one yet for my gaming PC, but I'm seriously considering picking it up. The difference is I don't use my gaming PC for typing much, so it's less of an issue. Still, It's a wonderful keyboard.

briatx 8y ago

I have a Freestyle Edge and I love it. Although I'm intrigued by the integrated pointer options, I don't think I'll make the switch due to the pricetag and 60% form factor.

suprfnk 8y ago

> Had way less of a learning curve than my ergodox. The big difference to the keyboard you linked, the Ergodox is an ortholinear keyboard. It is to be expected that that comes with a learning curve if you've only typed on a staggered keyboard. I personally think ortholinear is worth the learning curve.

JdeBP 8y ago
It's a shame that the Ergodox marketing blurb implies that they invented it. > archaic design, which we fixed It was fixed a long time ago, by other people. Maltron keyboard designs have had this since the 1980s. Lillian Malt criticized "[t]he uneven stretches caused by the diagonal slope of the rows of keys on qwerty" in 1977. PCD Maltron's first demo keyboard from 1976 eliminated that slope. * https://www.maltron.com/maltron-history.html https://www.maltron.com/maltron-history.html That wasn't a novel criticism even then.

kabdib 8y ago

I bought one of these when they came out, and my first weekend with it I just couldn't stop typing, it was so much fun. The only misdesign I can think of is that the DEL key should be bigger. (The ESC key is huge and hard to miss, which is fantastic).

in_hindsight 8y ago

It’s the best split keyboard on the market right now. Maybe VEA is better but good luck finding the first revision and second one is nowhere in sight