ErgoMechKeyboards
Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Rules
Keep it ergo
Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)
i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²
¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid
No Spam
No excessive posting/"shilling" for commercial purposes. Vendors are permitted to promote their products/services but keep it to a minimum and use the [vendor] flair. Posts that appear to be marketing without being transparent about it will be removed.
No Buy/Sell/Trade
This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.
Some useful links
- EMK wiki
- Split keyboard compare tool
- Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
- Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/
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I'm very happy with my Corne
Corne with Miryoku layout is amazing. So happy with homerow mods.
I can't find a good timing for homerow mods to work. Either it causes letters to show up when I'm trying to use them for mods, or it causes the keypress to go down as a modifier instead of as the key I wanted
I just used the standard settings that Miryoku comes with. Sure from time to time it miss clicks but it’s maybe 2-3 times over the course of an 8h work day.
yes the homerow mods are super cool. I would say the miryoku layout is great but I prefer to use it with qwerty layout. It is a little easier to get used to. It took me about a month to get used to the mod. but maybe I will move to colmak DH next.
In any case corne for the win.
I’m still using it with Qwerty. I don’t really type English at work and a lot of the other layouts aren’t optimized for non-English use. So I’ve decided to just stick with qwerty.
Yep, I've daily driven mine for a few years now, been perfect. No more wrist pain/numbness since. I'm also a vim guy and have had no issue with using the default key bindings.
This is where I jokingly ask if you're a vim guy because you can't exit.
I also use a Corne for programming, but wasn’t a fan of home row mods and developed my own layout:
https://mark.stosberg.com/markstos-corne-3x5-1-keyboard-layout/
Ooo gonna check this out. Took me some time, but I looove home row mods once I got used to them. Will check this out!
Corne with Workman keymap helped with my sri