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A split and/or tilt is mandatory IMO. Without it, ortholinear keyboards are even less ergonomic than a regular staggered keyboard.

• seanhunter 3y ago
  They’re just keys - you can remap the middle ones to be your enter, tab, backspace and escape. That’s basically what I do with my Planck layout. https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/planck/keymaps/sean https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tree/master/keyboards/pl...
  • 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
    In the pic, the ortholinear keyboard is not the full width of the 16", so it wouldn't be anymore split than your tiny planck. A full-width ortholinear with excessive keys would be another story.
    • seanhunter 3y ago
      Mine is split in the sense of having the main keys in the middle of the keyboard on your strong fingers (like the old typematrix which was the first ortholinear keyboard I ever used) it’s not in separate modules like a kinesis or ergodox obviously. I don’t know if that would work on a laptop without it being excessively wide. For my personal mix of tendon and joint problems actual separation isn’t helpful because some pronation is actually good for me. But obviously that’s going to vary.
      • Rediscover 3y ago
        https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/110/484/490/832/534/228/original/86d6cc1d3d906816.jpg https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/110/484/... Nice laptop keyboard.
        • 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
          Beautiful
      • 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
        On the Framework 16, there is unused space on each side of the centered keyboard w/o number pad. With a split keyboard module, that unused space could simply be moved to the center.
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