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
That said I really can't decide between the purple and ruby one either, purple's my favourite colour but I'm tempted to think the Ruby one actually looks just as good (potentially better) even with my purple/pink/teal sets. T_T
My main keyboard (DS3) and rig are magenta, so the purple was my instant pick. But the ruby is just plain gorgeous! There is really no wrong choice. Why don't you just get both? I see you haven't bitten (yet)...
Also related to shipping, I tried editing the order to add another colour and by adding just 1 extra shipping went up from $8 to $10, so it's not double for this drop at least like it was for my pumpkins. Could always be different if you're within the US unlike myself though, so sending in the support note is probably the best idea.
I thought artisan keys were kind of stupid and only recently got a Ajazz rip off cherry blue (zorro) mechanical, I've ended up adding ebay o-rings to it (omg so glad I've done that, the sound and feel is much better), purchased the recent MSI mechanical with red led, ordered a sunshine set and gone full on into artisans (although to be fair how could you resist with this set), guess I've caught the keyboard addiction.
Also, no need to make a separate transaction (I guess shipping isn't combined if you have two separate orders?), as it is possible to directly edit the existing order from your transactions page. Tested by adding/removing additional keycaps multiple times (sorry MassDrop for messing about) to make sure shipping was adding up the same way.
Edit (8/1/16) If making the transaction via PayPal, the updated amount isn't reflected on PayPal's list of pending transactions. As a result when the drop ends, said pending transaction will not go through and MD will request that you check out again with your updated items. Not really an issue, but I'm sure less people will be alarmed with payment issue warnings if we were asked to re-do the transaction when any changes are made to the original one. Someone could forget to visit the website or check their email and possibly end up losing their purchase or something by not addressing it in a timely manner when a drop ends.
Artisan keycaps are easy to get addicted to, most of them are so unique and cool in their own way that you end up wanting to collect them as they are released (don't go on GeekHack or you'll be doomed even further) even if you don't "need" them. I know a lot of people who like o-rings, I personally am not very fond of them with the keyboards I currently use (WhiteFox and MagicForce 68%).
So... I only "really" save on shipping if I order 3-4 hahaha.
Regardless of that fact, getting two might make sense if there's a cool person to gift one to!