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I use a Kinesis Advantage and it's great (not quite split, but close). I'll look into getting an actual split keyboard that's more portable. The Kinesis is ma

I use a Kinesis Advantage and it's great (not quite split, but close). I'll look into getting an actual split keyboard that's more portable. The Kinesis is massive and terrible for travel. You can easily switch between Kinesis key placement and regular keyboards. It's like training your brain to be multilingual. Try Emacs keybindings on a keyboard that has modifier keys easily accessible for your right and left thumbs. Emacs keybindings didn't make any sense to me till I tried them on a split keyboard.

city41 6y ago
The Advantage (I have the Advantage 2) is simply excellent. It took me about an entire year to fully adapt to it (this is with a very long tail, I was very productive within a few weeks, but 100% adaption took that long). I also type far faster and more accurately on it than on any other keyboard. I think it's the best keyboard available and you'd have to claw it out of my cold dead hands to take it from me.
- jseliger 6y ago
  I've found the same: https://jakeseliger.com/2011/07/17/further-thoughts-on-the-kinesis-advantage-unicomp-space-saver-and-das-keyboard-two-years-later/ https://jakeseliger.com/2011/07/17/further-thoughts-on-the-k... I tried the Ergodox some others have mentioned in this thread but didn't like the modifier key placements. I've also found that I can type normally (which is reasonably quickly but not at the demonic speeds a few seem capable of) on normal or laptop keyboards, too. Usually I find myself restricted by the speed of thought rather than speed of keyboard.
ahelwer 6y ago
For split travel keyboards I've heard good things about this flat ball hinge model, which folds up into a square: https://shop.goldtouch.com/products/goldtouch-go2-wireless-bluetooth-mobile-keyboard-pc-mac https://shop.goldtouch.com/products/goldtouch-go2-wireless-b...
stronglikedan 6y ago
I use the Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 [0] for portability. It lays over my laptop keyboard without changing the profile significantly, and it fits into any bag virtually unnoticeably. It's honestly one of my favorite non-mechanical keyboards. The trouble is finding one at a reasonable price, which is why I limit its use to while on laptop-only. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NP8XJ0 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NP8XJ0

city41 6y ago

The Advantage (I have the Advantage 2) is simply excellent. It took me about an entire year to fully adapt to it (this is with a very long tail, I was very productive within a few weeks, but 100% adaption took that long). I also type far faster and more accurately on it than on any other keyboard. I think it's the best keyboard available and you'd have to claw it out of my cold dead hands to take it from me.

jseliger 6y ago
I've found the same: https://jakeseliger.com/2011/07/17/further-thoughts-on-the-kinesis-advantage-unicomp-space-saver-and-das-keyboard-two-years-later/ https://jakeseliger.com/2011/07/17/further-thoughts-on-the-k... I tried the Ergodox some others have mentioned in this thread but didn't like the modifier key placements. I've also found that I can type normally (which is reasonably quickly but not at the demonic speeds a few seem capable of) on normal or laptop keyboards, too. Usually I find myself restricted by the speed of thought rather than speed of keyboard.

ahelwer 6y ago

For split travel keyboards I've heard good things about this flat ball hinge model, which folds up into a square: https://shop.goldtouch.com/products/goldtouch-go2-wireless-bluetooth-mobile-keyboard-pc-mac https://shop.goldtouch.com/products/goldtouch-go2-wireless-b...

stronglikedan 6y ago

I use the Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 [0] for portability. It lays over my laptop keyboard without changing the profile significantly, and it fits into any bag virtually unnoticeably. It's honestly one of my favorite non-mechanical keyboards. The trouble is finding one at a reasonable price, which is why I limit its use to while on laptop-only. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NP8XJ0 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NP8XJ0