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
Plus I just found out that the hole in my heart can be filled by collecting mechanical keyboards, so anywhere I can save a penny here and a dime there, I will take full advantage of.
UPDATE: Just received my Keycool this afternoon. UPS transferred to USPS who dropped it on my porch. Considering I'm in southeastern PA and the shipment took place from NJ, the swift speed is to be expected.
This is my first mechanical keyboard that I purchased myself with forethought. I've used model Ms as far back as grade school but had no idea why they felt better than the spongy crap they shipped with those multi-colored iMacs. It's amazing, and I love the way it sounds. I have a feeling I'm going to keep the whole house up with the way I type, but you know what? I don't care. It's worth it.
how do you like it so far?
I love it. It's pretty sensitive, actually, which is less than ideal, but all in all, it's pretty great. The LED lighting is nice, and doesn't bother me at all. I'm not head-over-heels with the font on the keys, but I plan on switching those out sometime, so no big on that. It's my first MK so I honestly wasn't sure what to expect, but I love the feels and it fits my desk layout perfectly. I wanted my first to not be branded, which got checked off perfectly.
I don't have all the keyboard-science that some of the r/MK lifers have, but I think the next board I get, I'll shoot for one with switches needing a bit more force to actuate.