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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....
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CousinTimmy
Promo codes for stack Macropad v2
is there any promo codes right now that work with the STACK OVERFLOW THE KEY V2 MACROPAD? link:https://drop.com/buy/stack-overflow-the-key-v2-macropad?searchId=ead314359856d5486d35f4713cff32e9
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Robbedoes
*Help* Screw in stabilizers not fitting in Dropshift V2 keyboard
I'm trying to build a mechanical keyboard with screw in stabilizers, I've build some mechanical keyboards with click-in stabilizers, never with screw in. Somehow one of the pins of the metal top-part collides with the screw in stabilizer of the numpad "enter key". I already tried grinding of a bit of the pin that collides with the stabilizer, but unfortunately I can't make it fit/close properly. You can see that the pin of the toppart leaves a mark on the bottompart of the stabilizer, see picture 2. What am I missing? Using Durock V2 in a Dropshift fullsize V2. See pictures below, thanks in advance!
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Don't drop crazy cash on custom wood builds! Instead go buy polymer clay and paint. Then you can spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to make it look like you can afford to drop crazy cash on...
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HELP PLEASE! I put noise insulation in the keyboard and after that it stopped working, the only sign of life is 5 blinks of orange light.can do something about it? model:DROP ALTv1
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Durazell
Want to build a Clicky Mech Keyboard. Where to begin?
Hello all. Am brand new to the idea of building my own keyboard. Have not a clue where to begin this process. I am a Sim Game enthusiast. American Truck Sim, DCS Flight Sim and goes from there. Need some real help on where to start for making my own Full Size, Clickey Mechanical KB. I want each key to have its own backlighting. Are there keys that are better than others for this? Is there a great spot on site for a person who has never even taken a keyboard apart? Let alone fixed or built one? I would like it to fit my theme of Red and Black. Yet maybe have the option of changing things up a bit. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all kindly, Durazell
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5,349 people have requested a re-drop of the ALT since it closed. I don't know anything about Massdrop's behind-the-scenes success rate on the percentage of people who request a re-drop on something and actually buy it, but looking at it realistically I would think at least 10% of the people who clicked on 'request' are actual potential buyers who missed out and not just people that wanted to see it go live again so they can think about it there.
Out of the 535 people left, would it not be realistic to think that 33% (a third) of them would either prefer the new High-Profil version, or still be willing to give it a shot considering the original ALT is no longer available for purchase?
That brings us to 178 people. Out of those 178 people, whoever they are, wherever they are, some of them may not even know that an ALT High-Profile is being offered, some may not like the price, some may not like the long lead time and are looking for other 65% hot swap solutions, some people may not like the renders and don't want to risk the money.
Realistically I'd probably cut out 50% of them for safe measure. Based on what I perceive to be realistic (since we don't have Massdrop's data), this should give us 89 motivated and serious buyers at minimum all exclusively from interest built from the original ALT. This completely excludes entirely new Massdrop members looking into the ALT High-Profile and were never involved in the original ALT.
Frankly, I find it physically impossible that Massdrop couldn't find 11 people outside of this original group to hit MOQ. Maybe I just want this keyboard really bad and I am completely delusional and grasping at straws here. Maybe the price is too high for some people even though they really want it as well. I don't know.
I just don't understand how with the explosion of popularity in mechanical keyboards over the last several years, with smaller layout keyboards being all the rage right now, and the hysterically enthusiastic support for the emergence of hot swappable and programmable keyboards that 100 people couldn't find their way to this Drop.
I haven't reached the stage of desperation where I would start pointing fingers and shouting, but I don't believe everything really adds up here. What am I missing? Is there another board similar to the ALT High-Profile that everyone is interested in or buying instead? I know Kono has the RE:Type coming up soon, but that's not the same layout as this board here.
I almost feel as if Massdrop doesn't even want this board to be made right now, and isn't pushing its interest as high as they could. I'm just disappointed that I will have to settle for something inferior when this drop is cancelled due to lack of interest. Sorry for the ultra long ramble.
as for why this isn't successful, i really believe it boils down to people now being wary of massdrop's own made products, as the original ctrl shipped out with a much lighter anodization than promised, really screwing over many people's plans of colorways and such. that coupled with poor customer service (people having defective models/missing keycaps and massdrop saying "we cant replace it" then promptly redropping the ctrl's excess stock) just makes many people not trust them anymore.
i for one wont be bothered if it doesnt reach moq anymore, as i've found many back up plans, that might honestly just become plan A, resulting in me leaving this drop.
The delusionally sized (and placed) backspace and longer spacebar is a bit of an odd design choice in my opinion though.
Reason I'm not jumping on this personally is the gaps around the edges are huge, like the Tokyo60. No need for that at all on such an expensive keyboard.