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More split keyboards: - Corne: You usually have to solder it yourself, and source the switches/caps. A few sites will build it for you. [0][1[[2] - LilyPro: S
by leovander 6y ago
More split keyboards:
- Corne: You usually have to solder it yourself, and source the switches/caps. A few sites will build it for you. [0][1[[2]
- LilyPro: Same as above. [3][4]
- Georgo/GeorgoPlex: [7]
Trackball: Someone mentioned a vertical mouse, those are really great, but I have been pushing trackballs on a few colleagues. A good in between is the newer logitech, that has a tilt mechanism, but its a thumbball. [5] You can find more options in at r/trackballs [6]. I can recommend the "Kensington Expert Wireless Trackball Mouse" and "CST L-Trac Blue Trackball", although the latter, the original company shutdown and are being manufactured by xkeys. There's also an open source trackball, ploopy [8].
P.s. buying keyboards and soldering them are great for a quick fix, but this hobby gets expensive quick. I am waiting on a few group buys; another 65% keyboard, another split keyboard and a few more key cap sets.
P.s.s. group buys can be a hit or miss (mostly hit), treat them like kickstarters, and maybe you'll get your parts in a year or so. At least in r/mechanicalkeyboards, a few users have recently been complaining a tad more about not seeing the final product v.s. renders.
[0] https://github.com/foostan/crkbd https://github.com/foostan/crkbd
[1] https://keyhive.xyz/shop/hotswap-corne-helidox https://keyhive.xyz/shop/hotswap-corne-helidox
[2] https://www.littlekeyboards.com/products/corne-mx-hotswap-kit https://www.littlekeyboards.com/products/corne-mx-hotswap-ki...
[3] https://keyhive.xyz/shop/lily58 https://keyhive.xyz/shop/lily58
[4] https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58 https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58
[6] https://www.reddit.com/r/Trackballs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Trackballs/
[7] https://www.gboards.ca/ https://www.gboards.ca/
[8] https://www.ploopy.co/ https://www.ploopy.co/
- aeontech 6y agoOk, gboards are something straight out of Snow Crash. I didn't know I needed this, thanks a lot :)
- leovander 6y agoWe've been joking around about getting long trrs cables, wrapping around the back side of our office chairs and attaching the keyboards to the arm rests, go all Picard. QMK supports mouse/trackball support, I think gboard and a few others support adding a blackberry track ball and we'd be aces.
- ecliptik 6y agoThe GergoPlex is Pi (the film) themed too, and I went full cyberpunk/Pi with it a couple weeks ago, https://i.redd.it/l8lafyi9lvy41.jpg https://i.redd.it/l8lafyi9lvy41.jpg
- MivLives 6y agoThe author has some great blog posts about his thought processes with the designs too. He's very heavily inspired by stenographic keyboards.
- krishicks 6y agoI built a crkbd using a PCB I bought from littlekeyboards. I was a happy HHKB 2 Pro Type S user for many years, but since switching to the crkbd I have no intention of ever using the HHKB again. It required minimal soldering (the ProMicro and OLED hotswap sockets). I went through a few sets of switches before I found what I liked, took a few months to find a combination of layers/layouts that worked for me, and had to learn how to use an ortho keyboard in the process, but it was all worth it. (I’m a Dvorak+QWERTY user, and think the switch to ortho was was easier than learning Dvorak, and has a similar feels good motivation to continue learning it.) I never had RSI problems, but what I did notice was with the split keyboard and tented cases, my posture opened up dramatically. My shoulders no longer have an anterior tilt when I type. This picture doesn’t include the copy of Mason & Dixon I use as a riser for the trackpad, but this is my setup: https://www.instagram.com/p/CArBEFgjsjH/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CArBEFgjsjH/