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is ortholinear anctually harder on finger movements overall? i've tried 3 different sizes of orthlinears (and split ergodox ez) and have never found anything qu

is ortholinear anctually harder on finger movements overall? i've tried 3 different sizes of orthlinears (and split ergodox ez) and have never found anything quite comfy so im just back to a regular keyboard for now. i certainly agree with you that it's mostly an aesthetics wankery game in most places. how long are you usiing kinesis advantage 2? It's something I want to try eventually

meepmorp 5y ago
You just need to get used to the ortholinear layout. There's really nothing else for it. My accuracy took a hit and it felt weird on my fingers for a week or so, and then it was fine. Now, of course, I can't type for shit on a staggered layout.
least 5y ago
Ortholinear (which is the straight row/columns like the planck) kind of fail to account for the fact that your fingers aren't equally long. They do feel more comfortable than a normal staggered layouts as far as moving from keys between rows, but hitting keys like q or p (on qwerty) are a notable strain. In fact I usually hit the 'p' key with my ring finger since even with keyboards that do try to account for it because unless you have variably sized keys, you're going to be compromising the pinkies on any layout. > how long are you usiing kinesis advantage 2? It's something I want to try eventually I've been using the Advantage for less time than most, only a couple years. It's pretty great but the space between key wells is a little narrow for my shoulder width. A fully split option doesn't have this issue, so I'm waiting for the new kinesis board to come out. I have a dactyl manuform that I have to rehandwire, but haven't had the motivation to do so but I think they are probably superior ergonomically. Still, I think once you've tried a keyboard with the key wells it's very hard to go back to something that is flat, even with tenting.
lawn 5y ago
IMO column stagger is much superior to an ortholinear, as it matches with the different finger lenghts. I like aggressive pinky stagger like the Kyria or the Ferris but ortholinear just feels weird. You can make ortholinear work as well, but then you'd have to angle your hands quite a bit, but that's only ergonomic if you have a split board, and even then I personally didn't like it.

meepmorp 5y ago

You just need to get used to the ortholinear layout. There's really nothing else for it. My accuracy took a hit and it felt weird on my fingers for a week or so, and then it was fine. Now, of course, I can't type for shit on a staggered layout.

least 5y ago

Ortholinear (which is the straight row/columns like the planck) kind of fail to account for the fact that your fingers aren't equally long. They do feel more comfortable than a normal staggered layouts as far as moving from keys between rows, but hitting keys like q or p (on qwerty) are a notable strain. In fact I usually hit the 'p' key with my ring finger since even with keyboards that do try to account for it because unless you have variably sized keys, you're going to be compromising the pinkies on any layout. > how long are you usiing kinesis advantage 2? It's something I want to try eventually I've been using the Advantage for less time than most, only a couple years. It's pretty great but the space between key wells is a little narrow for my shoulder width. A fully split option doesn't have this issue, so I'm waiting for the new kinesis board to come out. I have a dactyl manuform that I have to rehandwire, but haven't had the motivation to do so but I think they are probably superior ergonomically. Still, I think once you've tried a keyboard with the key wells it's very hard to go back to something that is flat, even with tenting.

lawn 5y ago

IMO column stagger is much superior to an ortholinear, as it matches with the different finger lenghts. I like aggressive pinky stagger like the Kyria or the Ferris but ortholinear just feels weird. You can make ortholinear work as well, but then you'd have to angle your hands quite a bit, but that's only ergonomic if you have a split board, and even then I personally didn't like it.