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Yeah right, obsessed with shaving some µm from keyboards but then let's put laptop style "short travel keys" keyboards on a desk because it looks cool. And not
by IronBacon 7y ago
Yeah right, obsessed with shaving some µm from keyboards but then let's put laptop style "short travel keys" keyboards on a desk because it looks cool. And not get me started with using the same horizontal staggered layout that was necessary 200 years ago on typewriters but it makes absolutely no sense today.
The fun thing is I've seen "ortholinear" keyboards sold for kids because horizontal staggered layout is for adults...
P.S. in my personal experience vertical staggered should be the default layout
P.P.S. and yes bikeshedding
- growtofill 7y agoIs vertical staggered the same as ortholinear? Haven’t encountered the term before. Agree that default physical layout + qwerty as status quo is disappointing, though.
- IronBacon 7y agoI'm not completely sure, I think with ortholinear is used to indicate "array" layout keyboard like the Plank (first Google image link: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/440508407294189587/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/440508407294189587/ )
- CarVac 7y agoOrtholinear is no stagger in either direction. Column stagger is what you see on the Ergodox or Atreus or Mitosis or Iris or any of the recently vast proliferation of ergo designs.
- growtofill 7y agoThanks for the references! I see that all three of the above favor split-hand design alongside with vertical staggering.
- jacobolus 7y ago“Ortholinear” is a made up word for “put all the keys in a fixed grid because hey it’s easy” (“orthos” was the Greek word for “straight”, “linea” was Latin for “line”). “Vertical stagger” means that the keys are arranged in columns instead of rows, but the columns are staggered to match the resting position of the various fingers.