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 rest maybe, but I don't want to "get used to it" as I use keyboards in 3 different location and I'm not buying 3 keyboards "I need to get used to". So if I bought one, it would be the same format as the others so I'm not constantly trying to figure out which keyboard I am using.
I think for someone who does light keyboarding it would be fine. Unfortunately, for those of us who are keyboard warriors it's kind of hard for us to change our habits.
Mini keyboards with this layout have all the essentials and none of the unnecessary bulk. Frankly, numpads aren't used *that* frequently unless maybe you're an accountant. It takes about 2 days to adjust to using the top row, and once you do, you'll find that you have much more room on your desk and your mouse isn't an arm's length away.
My right hand home row becomes a numpad if i push a function key. You seem pretty set with full size but its a good idea if youre curious
In case you ever make the jump, heres the 75% layout I use, called the KBD75. I use the split spacebar so that I can hit the middle key with either thumb for function.
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On this particular keyboard, it'll pair with (3) different bluetooth devices, so you could move it between uses.
As I noted above, I use the nonrgb version for travel and light computing needs (tablet and chromebook typing) for which it's a great to have a nice mech board to type on, but it's missing utility I use at my desktop.