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
Unfortunately the first keyboard I got had some chatter with the "i" key, after speaking to Henry from massdrop for a quick RMA with prepaid UPS label, my second keyboard arrived a week later and everything is hunky dory.
I would highly recommend this keyboard as it has all the important keys and additional numpad if you need in such a cute and simple form factor. For people who are wonder, it has windows lock, numpad lock and scroll lock.
And for the branding nitpicker out there, mine came just like in the picture but the space bar didn't have the Keycool branding on it, just blank white. However I'm not sure about this drop, whether it will have the branding on the space bar or not.
About accessories, again I'm not sure about this drop however mine came with additonals PBT caps for WASD, directional keys, escape key, keycap puller and a plastic chamber to keep the USB connector in place and safe from kinking.
Quick image below for those interested.
Also, does anyone know if you can get this keyboard non-backlit?
) and of lesser quality. (Cherry switches use gold contacts, Kailh do not)
Anyway at first I was quite worry about the weight of the switches, I can still tell that it's much heavier than MX Brown but after using it for awhile your fingers will get used to it in no time and you'll probably grow to prefer it.
About your question no, this drop doesn't have none back-lit option nor does it have MX Brown, just get the K Brown if you're really interest in Tactile non clicky, it's still a great value with back-lit and I'm sure you'll really like the board when using it for the first time.