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Not quite 10 years, but my Ultimate Hacking Keyboard took quite a bit longer than first estimates. Super happy with how it ended up turning out and the runners
by d1str0 3y ago
Not quite 10 years, but my Ultimate Hacking Keyboard took quite a bit longer than first estimates.
Super happy with how it ended up turning out and the runners of the project kept us updated Monthly without fail with actual, candid updates.
I still love my UHKs and use them every day.
- keyle 3y agoI wasn't aware of the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard. Thanks for broadening my horizon and probably robbing me of some savings.
- ComputerGuru 3y agoI have a brand new one I can sell you for less of your savings, if you're interested! I was an early backer but I tried it for about an hour before I realized the lack of F-keys and the lack of Esc were just unacceptable for me.
- Titan2189 3y agoOh whow. Thanks for pointing that out. I am so confused, "Ultimate hacking keyboard" implies for me that you're a hardcore vim user. How can this have been developed without an ESC key?
- terinjokes 3y agoYou get the "key cluster" module and put it under your left thumb, as is common in other split keyboards.
- OJFord 3y agoHow many 'hardcore vim users' use the actual physical Esc key for that (back to normal) purpose anyway? It's so awkwardly positioned I thought that was often among one's first bindings. (I don't have a UHK and though I looked before I don't think it's for me, just saying.)
- nojs 3y agoAs a “hardcore vim user” I need it pretty regularly on fresh servers for example
- AlexandrB 3y agoI started using ^[ years ago and haven't touched Esc since.
- OJFord 3y agoCaps lock is a common one for example, and would require an OS-level binding, so remote use fresh or not would work fine, it'd see the same key code as 'real' Esc.
- nojs 3y agoTrue, I have caps lock mapped to control. Even that gets me sometimes though on a fresh raspberry pi for example, if I’m plugging in a keyboard.
- ilyt 3y agoI use capslock for super key but this one has some "mouse" button there, wasting prime real estate
- organsnyder 3y agoEverything is reprogrammable using the UHK app (and it actually reprograms it on the firmware, so it's OS-agnostic). I had a special layout for Factorio for a while.
- TYMorningCoffee 3y agoI have jkj mapped to escape
- talldrinkofwhat 3y agoescape is mapped to thumb-hold + tilde. Your hand already opens up to push esc, so it's not even an inconvenience in my workflow. The function keys are a bit more of a pain, but once again it's a thumb press + number (1->F1 etc). I'm more inconvenienced by eclipse and visual studio not having the same button for debug-step-over than actually pushing the thing.
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- dm319 3y agoThe usual position of the esc key is terrible ergonomically for vim users, but then vim was not designed for the IBM model M keyboard.
- roel_v 3y agoI have the top left button without modifiers remapped to esc, it's no problem at all. All your muscle memory works just fine, no retraining needed (UHK since 2018/2019, on of the first batches, and Vim user since late 1990's).
- ilyt 3y agoWell, because Ultimate Hackers use emacs, doh I'd miss FX keys too, I use them a lot in window manager desktop switching.
- sankhao 3y agoHardcore vim user with UHK here. I actually love that the caps lock key is remapped to esc in the firmware, so I always have the Esc where I expect it on any computer I plug it in (this is not unique to UHK of course). In fact on the UHK, there is no "caps lock" key, it reads "mouse".
- Jedd 3y agoHardcore vim users use ctrl-[ instead. : ) Despite being two keypresses, this is usually faster to type, or at the least to return to home position from, and those keys are probably more consistently placed than the ESC key between vendors / models.
- rgoulter 3y agoIf you use "home row modifiers" (holding down f/d/s/a or j/k/l/; acts as Shift/Ctrl/Win/Alt), then it's less reaching for ctrl. Although I'd also recommend making Esc available on a thumb cluster.
- Jedd 3y agoThis feels messier, partly because it's easier to fudge accidentally, but very much mostly because it relies on your configuration being propagated. I understand that may work in some shops, but generally it can't be assumed. ctrl [ works everywhere vim is installed - no customisation required at all.
- dm319 3y agoI think UHK (V2) was more like 2 years? But I agree, the product is great and I use it every day.
- Huppie 3y agoMy Keyboard.io Model 01 took a bit over three years. I was expecting it to take a lot longer at some point and almost gave up hope, but in the end received a great keyboard in the mail that I still happily use almost every day. Kickstarters can be a wild ride sometimes (-:
- _flux 3y agoA colleague ordered one yesterday and got his in 27 hours, so the regular orders now happen in quite a prompt fashion. This was in Europe.