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I’ve wanted to make a keyboard, but I’m not sure it’s possible to make something materially better than the kinesis advantage. I switched to it 10 years after m

by mruts 7y ago

I’ve wanted to make a keyboard, but I’m not sure it’s possible to make something materially better than the kinesis advantage. I switched to it 10 years after my hands would feel numb after typing. I think I might have some problem other people don’t, but even for normal people, I find it hard to believe that a kinesis wouldn’t be better for them as well. I’ve seen some split diy keyboards, but none of them have the great concave wells kinesis does. Also the kinesis has macros, key remapping, and easy switching between Dvorak and QWERTY. Being able to type your password with one button is super cool!

jakobegger 7y ago
> Being able to type your password with one button is super cool! Do you really have a button on your keyboard mapped to type your password? If that's the case, I'm horrified. But I secretely wish I had a button like that too...
- mruts 7y ago
  I have one for my work account. Whenever I have to update it I just overwrite the macro. I figure if it gets compromised they won't think it's my fault and I won't face any consequences :p
- mythrwy 7y ago
  You can have exactly that if you set your password to "a"!
erikerikson 7y ago
I appreciated a lot about the one I got but had a hard time dealing with the increased friction introduced for non-alphanumeric keys I use regularly for programming.
bingerman 7y ago
Dactyl https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard is split and curved. Been thinking about building one, though I'd probably use wood as casing material and I know it will be a lot of work, so it may or may not materialize...