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I agree with you that the Planck isn't an ergo board. One important feature in the OLKB/Drop Planck v6+ PCBs (missing from the ZSA variant) is the 2x2u spacebar
by 1MachineElf 5y ago
I agree with you that the Planck isn't an ergo board. One important feature in the OLKB/Drop Planck v6+ PCBs (missing from the ZSA variant) is the 2x2u spacebar option. The 2x2u spacebar moves the thumbs 0.5u outward, and at least for my big hands, there is negligible wrist twisting for me to worry about. I like it even more than the Atreus42 and ErgoDox boards that preceded it.
- least 5y agoI do think that have 2x2u keys would be better, though I don't think it's the main issue with the Planck as far as ergonomics go. Going with the assumptions that you want your elbows to be next to your body and that you want your arms parallel or slightly negatively tilted towards the ground, when you have a keyboard that isn't split, you are always going to have to angle your hands inwards if you're typing with two hands. When you take that angle into account while trying to retain straight wrists, you end up with something like the atreus. If you don't, you end up with something like the planck (or standard keyboard layouts). In order to do "proper" touch typing, you are rotating your wrists outwards to accommodate the shape of the keyboard. Still, it's not like there's one right answer and I feel like any decision you make with regards to ergonomics you end up compromising on another aspect, so in the end it may not matter very much that you are contorting your wrists. Some people have been typing for longer than I've been alive and haven't had issues with standard layout keyboards so YMMV.