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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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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

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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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Quest for the perfect Ergodash Mini layout keyboard design (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/ergomechkeyboards

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So I've built my Ergodash Mini and it's pretty much everything I could ask for as far as the button layout goes (apart from not having the full 58 keys). It's not perfect as is but will certaily stay as my main keyboard for a very long time. I used to use Ez, but it was very bulky, I never used the tilters, the number row was unecessary and it was a pain to clean. Ergodash Mini is perfect in these regards.

What it is missing is a few added features:

Dactyl-like body
wireless
full 58 keys, no double sized keys
optionally per-key RGB

There are a bunch of designs that do these, but none of them include the leftmost extra column, the 3 bottom keys on the outer-lower (ctrl, super etc.) side and the 2 extra keys on the inner sides. Extra column on the left can sometimes be found, but not the other two. Dactyl-like body is also something I've never tried, but seems like an obvious ergonomic improvement.

Would any of you happen to know if a solution exists to achieving any or even all of the extra 4 features? Thanks in advance.

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