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A keyboard where the keys are symmetrical, and allow greater use of the thumb (and allow less usage of the pinky fingers). -- Maybe it's not for everyone, but I
by rgoulter 5y ago
A keyboard where the keys are symmetrical, and allow greater use of the thumb (and allow less usage of the pinky fingers). -- Maybe it's not for everyone, but I wish I'd gotten a keyboard like this years ago.
- Aachen 5y agoSo like enter in place of caps lock? I genuinely have no idea what you mean by symmetrical keyboard.
- rgoulter 5y agoZSA's moonlander[0] or their planck-ez[1] are a couple of examples. Where standard keyboards have staggered rows, the planck-ez is "ortholinear", and the moonlander has staggered columns. (I have seen designs which are symmetric and retain staggered rows, too). Though I think older keyboards in this category would be like the Maltron, Kinesis Advantage. And also recently, there's been a surge in custom mechanical keyboard designs, like the Sofle keyboard[2]. [0]: https://www.zsa.io/moonlander/ https://www.zsa.io/moonlander/ [1]: https://www.zsa.io/planck/ https://www.zsa.io/planck/ [2]: https://github.com/josefadamcik/SofleKeyboard https://github.com/josefadamcik/SofleKeyboard
- bikingbismuth 5y agoI “tried out” a Planck on a whim for a month in 2017 and never looked back. I currently use a Levinson and it just about perfect (I wish I could find a solid aluminum case and then it would be perfect).