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I've been using the Dvorak keyboard layout since 2009/2010. Back then I had a TypeMatrix 2030 USB. I stuck with TypeMatrix most of the time between then and...
by codetrotter 6y ago
I've been using the Dvorak keyboard layout since 2009/2010. Back then I had a TypeMatrix 2030 USB. I stuck with TypeMatrix most of the time between then and... December 2017!
In December 2017, I bought an ErgoDox EZ Shine.
I immediatelly created a custom layout for my ErgoDox EZ Shine. A layout that was heavily inspired by the key placement on my previous keyboard, the TypeMatrix 2030 USB.
Over time I’ve made some small adjustments to the layout, occasionally removing bindings that have been sitting unused.
Here is my layout in its current form: https://configure.ergodox-ez.com/ergodox-ez/layouts/PBKjJ/zbdla/0 https://configure.ergodox-ez.com/ergodox-ez/layouts/PBKjJ/zb...
I found the featured article interesting. I agree that the ErgoDox EZ is a bit bigger than is probably necessary, and as a consequence of that, some of the keys are not so easy to reach.
I like the two-button chording idea a lot. And I think the smaller keyboard size that his ideas make possible seem quite appealing. At my desk at home I use the ErgoDox EZ always, but when I am on the go I often use the builtin keyboard of my MacBook Air even when I have the ErgoDox EZ with me in my backpack or luggage.
What I would love to see some day is someone create a customized MacBook Air aluminum casing that would put something like the programable keyboard of the OP into it in place of the keyboard that Apple is shipping. And maybe make said custom keyboard embedding adjustable in multiple directions and angles if possible. Would maybe be difficult, but that to me would be the dream.
- antigirl 6y agoI think you could do a lot more with your thumb clusters. My layout looks like a messy beast compared to yours I agree about the keys being unreachable. https://configure.ergodox-ez.com/ergodox-ez/layouts/RlxdW/latest/1 https://configure.ergodox-ez.com/ergodox-ez/layouts/RlxdW/la...
- alin23 6y agoAn alternative to your last sentence seems to be the Nuphy mechanical keyboard: https://nuphy.com/ https://nuphy.com/ It is nowhere as elegant as actually replacing the builtin keyboard, it just sits on top of it using magnets. But it is a product that actually exists.
- codetrotter 6y agoOoh, that’s neat! :) Yeah something like that, but with programable keys placed ortholinearly and with a split and middle buttons and thumb clusters like in the OP (which in turn are similar to ErgoDox EZ that I like a lot).
- ledauphin 6y agooh boy. I got really excited, but having gotten used to an ortholinear layout, this just couldn't be a proper replacement for my Ergodox.