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After using a split spacebar for some time now, I just can not see the idea of a single spacebar being optimal. I have two thumbs. Why not use them? My right s
by readingnews 5y ago
After using a split spacebar for some time now, I just can not see the idea of a single spacebar being optimal.
I have two thumbs. Why not use them? My right spacebar is space, my left is enter. I have never done anything else so profoundly productive to my computer.
- celeritascelery 5y agoInteresting. I was thinking of doing something similar, but replacing the other space bar with backspace. For me enter is a really easy key to reach, backspace is much farther. Either that or escape.
- linsomniac 5y agoThis. But on steroids. One of the primary reasons I went with the ErgoDox was to reduce the load on my pinkies and add some load to my underused thumbs. I have left thumb doing space/backspace, and right doing enter/tab.
- ajford 5y agoSame. Pinky/ring finger RSI lead me to split ergos for this same reason, landing on the Moonlander by ZSA. I've got Space, Bk Space, Shift/(, and Alt on left thumb cluster; Enter, Tab, Shift/), and Esc/Ctrl on the right thumb cluster. Pinkies have far less to do now.
- linsomniac 5y agoI have the ErgoDox Ez, from before the Moonlander. Thankfully I don't have RSI problems, knock on wood. I really should do something better with the thumb cluster, particularly that third easy to reach key. I have Win/Esc left of 'a' and Win/' right of ';', and Ctl/z and Ctl// in the z// positions. The whole lower row is basically unused. Win because I use i3wm and use Win a lot for window navigation.