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
Halo switches are tactile like Cherry MX Clears, Box White switches resemble Cherry MX Blues and Speed Silver sort of feels like Cherry MX Reds. All of them are compatible with RGB because the keyboard itself has RGB.
I assume you have an aluminum supplier and a machine shop. My question is does, do you work with the supplier or does the machine shop acquire the aluminum billet for you? Also the PCBs are probably manufactured with common components that are needed for QMK compatibility. Do you guys use a PCB manufacturer who does the acquisition of the components or do you buy the components yourself and just deliver them to the PCB house to assemble?
Thank you in advance for the answers, and I apologize for any ill will you may perceive, as I may have come off aggressive in the past... Thank you!
Why do you defend what is a win win for everybody. Transparency regarding suppliers has never been discussed and I feel we are getting played when Massdrop creates a part sells 1500 but splits it across two drops, not extending the savings to the customer.
Maybe I am wrong, but numbers would close the case and I think everybody would be interested in the details. Again, I do not want to argue, I made a mistake opening my critic by just blasting MiTo for jumping on the hype train, I was wrong he can do what he wants, but I should be allowed to make these simple requests; I hope people can see the validity.
And in the corporate world, yes, organizations ask about suppliers and know the real cost of parts and labor and wouldn't accept the first price blindly pasted on the invoice. Which is counter to the relationship here... Massdrop markets itself as the intermediary but operates like any traditional online store.