this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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ErgoMechKeyboards

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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.

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This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Where's the tilde and escape keys? Where's the numpad?

How do you game with this?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Layers. Think of Shift key as turning on the CAPS layer, and Ctrl turning on the cut/copy/paste/save/new layer. Add more combos a layer keys, and every key ends up having 3-5 combinations that can replicate an entire keyboard.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's a major pain in the ass to deal with, just to have something that looks different. I'll never understand you people.

[–] pixelprimer 1 points 1 year ago

It’s for efficiency and ergonomics. Your fingers never need to move further than one key away. Your pinkies will thank you for not having to use all those keys.

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