Support for Alternative Layouts
This is a summary of how alternative layouts have been supported by kits such as Colevrak and Homing. It is not a discussion of alt layout performance and development, but if that interests you I highly recommend starting with Pascal Getreuer’s A guide to alt keyboard layouts (why, how, which one?). It’s a concise and comprehensive overview with links to some great sites that go deeper. He also has a separate Links about keyboards page. The Keyboard layouts doc he recommends explains layout goals and metrics in detail, summarizing the alt layouts discussed here as well as more than one hundred others. Sculpted-profile The majority of custom keycap sets are sculpted-profile (Cherry, SA, MT3, KAT, etc. - more on profiles generally here) so let’s start there. Because each row has a unique keycap shape, alt layouts require a unique keycap for each legend that moves off its QWERTY row. At first there were two The Dvorak layout was patented in 1936 by August Dvorak & William L....
Apr 23, 2024
The necessary testing was completed by Alex and we are taking extra precautions to ensure that your Infinity Kit arrives safe and sound. Currently around ~70 group members have been emailed tracking.
From past drops, the community feedback we received was that the packaging was insufficient and some orders were damaged in transit. To address this, all of the fragile components have been appropriately bubblewrapped and the full order is packed inside a nice and snug bubblewrap enclosure.
Our warehouse team understands the urgency of this drop and has been working hard all week to have the first batch of orders shipped out by today. However, as you can see from the pictures below, this drop is a massive undertaking with a lot of complexity and variation. Though orders have shipped today and will continue to ship for a bit longer, we are running out of time to ship the remaining orders from the first batch. We talked to our team and have gotten team members to come in on Sunday to pack and ship more orders!
Additionally, we would like to thank the Mech Keys Community for all your continued support. We know that this drop took much longer than expected, but hopefully, it will all be worth it when you get your hands on this awesome keyboard. As a token of our appreciation for your continued support, we will be throwing in a complimentary Switch Tester PCBA, which will be shipping in the same package as your Ergodox!
Expect an update from us by the end of the day Pacific Time on 10/12 or sooner if something comes up.
It should be coming with two USB cables, one to connect each half and a second to connect to the computer...
I know I have a spare cable lying around I can scrounge up, but, I want my two USB3 cables... Please...
Since I am in the second batch and expecting even longer shipping time than most (cross Atlantic), could you please post the specifications of the complementary PCB? So I can think about use cases while trying to get time to pass.
Go check out the NPKC key switch tester drop's discussion for more details if you're interested
@theimmc That does not seam so nice, I'll read up on peoples thoughts and if they have implemented any workarounds.