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What is "the Voyager"? I guess I can find a link to it in the navigation bar, but I had no idea what this article was talking about (a computer?) until then.

Palomides 2y ago
it's very funny that there isn't just a picture of the end result mounted on the keyboard
- alanbernstein 2y ago
  Yes, that should be at the top of the page. There is one in the build guide.
  - LoganDark 2y ago
    It should be somewhere in the page. I instinctively scrolled to the bottom looking for an end result but couldn't find one. I was so confused lol
rigonkulous 2y ago
Its a DIY split keyboard: https://www.zsa.io/voyager https://www.zsa.io/voyager
- cdavid 2y ago
  It is programmable but the HW is sold assembled and ready to use. Wouldn't qualify it as DIY.
  - LoganDark 2y ago
    Open hardware perhaps?
    - BossingAround 2y ago
      It's open source for sure. But yeah, there's no DIY required (which is why ZSA and their keyboards are so popular - it's the Apple of the DIY-programmable-ergonomic-keyboard world, providing excellent build quality and great experience for a price).
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  >> What is "the Voyager"? > Its a DIY split keyboard: For me, the next mystery is What is he trying to do? His issue: [cats] graze the edge of my trackpad [making] mouse around register weirdly His solution: I had seen some implementations of a Cirque trackpad on other DIY split keyboards I would describe (his presentation of) his solution as "Darmok and Jalad..." but that would be oblique. So, what is a Cirque in this context?
  - brk 2y ago
    The whole thing is written for insiders. Nothing wrong with that, but when it gets picked up by an aggregator like HN you have the issue of 99% of your new readership having to figure out what exactly it is you are talking about.
    - LoganDark 2y ago
      Well, luckily whenever that happens, someone asks "wtf is going on?" and the entire comment thread fills with all the context you could possibly need
    - WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
      It's a spontaneous, Cooperative MMO.
wredue 2y ago
It’s an ergonomic split keyboard. I have one. It is nice to type on. That said, I personally find that having so little keys is a problem. I like typing on it, but when I am doing heavy sysadmin stuff, it is not a pleasure to use. You have to spend a lot of time planning this keyboard and its layers out for your workflow. It is also not great for gaming due to the reliance on hold keys. Overall, pleasure for typing. If you workflow needs a lot of layer switching, I was not a fan.
secretsatan 2y ago
I was equally confused, google left me more so

Palomides 2y ago

it's very funny that there isn't just a picture of the end result mounted on the keyboard

alanbernstein 2y ago
Yes, that should be at the top of the page. There is one in the build guide.
- LoganDark 2y ago
  It should be somewhere in the page. I instinctively scrolled to the bottom looking for an end result but couldn't find one. I was so confused lol

rigonkulous 2y ago

Its a DIY split keyboard: https://www.zsa.io/voyager https://www.zsa.io/voyager

cdavid 2y ago
It is programmable but the HW is sold assembled and ready to use. Wouldn't qualify it as DIY.
- LoganDark 2y ago
  Open hardware perhaps?
  - BossingAround 2y ago
    It's open source for sure. But yeah, there's no DIY required (which is why ZSA and their keyboards are so popular - it's the Apple of the DIY-programmable-ergonomic-keyboard world, providing excellent build quality and great experience for a price).
WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
>> What is "the Voyager"? > Its a DIY split keyboard: For me, the next mystery is What is he trying to do? His issue: [cats] graze the edge of my trackpad [making] mouse around register weirdly His solution: I had seen some implementations of a Cirque trackpad on other DIY split keyboards I would describe (his presentation of) his solution as "Darmok and Jalad..." but that would be oblique. So, what is a Cirque in this context?
- brk 2y ago
  The whole thing is written for insiders. Nothing wrong with that, but when it gets picked up by an aggregator like HN you have the issue of 99% of your new readership having to figure out what exactly it is you are talking about.
  - LoganDark 2y ago
    Well, luckily whenever that happens, someone asks "wtf is going on?" and the entire comment thread fills with all the context you could possibly need
  - WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
    It's a spontaneous, Cooperative MMO.

wredue 2y ago

It’s an ergonomic split keyboard. I have one. It is nice to type on. That said, I personally find that having so little keys is a problem. I like typing on it, but when I am doing heavy sysadmin stuff, it is not a pleasure to use. You have to spend a lot of time planning this keyboard and its layers out for your workflow. It is also not great for gaming due to the reliance on hold keys. Overall, pleasure for typing. If you workflow needs a lot of layer switching, I was not a fan.

secretsatan 2y ago

I was equally confused, google left me more so