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
We have an update on the status of the Massdrop x OLKB Planck Light Mechanical Keyboard. Unfortunately we had some troubles with the PCB production, which extended the lead time longer than what we budgeted for. We now estimate that the kits will ship in early July.
We’ve worked with the designer and our manufacturer to work past these issues, and we now expect the new PCBs to be ready by mid June. Other components like the CNC case, plate, accessories and keycaps are completed, and we’re waiting for the PCB so we can pack everything together.
We apologize for this delay and we are working the team to get these kits produced and shipped in a timely manner. If you don’t want to wait the additional time, you can cancel your order via the transactions page: https://www.massdrop.com/transactions
We’ll provide an update in mid June with the latest information.