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2 years ago I bought this vertex core 40% keyboard: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=3550 https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/

2 years ago I bought this vertex core 40% keyboard: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=3550 https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_det... Unfortunately, I type in dvorak layout and the keyboard I purchased did not work out. I have to press 3 keys to type the letter 'z' because of the strange meta layers. I switched to dvorak because I had minor wrist pains and I hoped that switching to dvorak would help. The pain went away (maybe a coincidence), but dvorak was a pleasure to type so I stuck with it. Everytime there is a new keyboard, I try it out and become disappointed because it is heavily optimized for qwerty layouts.

ChymeraXYZ 7y ago
One of the main draws for me to build a somewhat custom keyboard is that you can program it yourself. That way you can modify the layout so it suits dvorak layouts.
- css 7y ago
  There is a drop-in PCB for the Vortex Core called the Atom47[0] that supports QMK[1]: [0] https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/maartenwut/atom47 https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/ma... [1] https://qmk.fm/ https://qmk.fm/
CarVac 7y ago
The answer is custom layouts. Here's my layout for the Mitosis split ergo keyboard designed for dvorak if you want inspiration. https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/keyboards/mitosis/keymaps/carvac_dv/keymap.c https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/keyboards/mi... I have mouse keys, a number layer that's on the home row, actual arrow keys, and no contortions needed for any of the alpha keys, all on a tiny 46-key layout.