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
Does anyone know how difficult DIY swap of the rubberdome sheet? I think this sheet can be used--http://www.ebay.com/itm/Electrostatic-Capacitive-Rubber-Dome-Sheet-35g-45g-55g/112137004390 which is from Korean vendor that sells rebranded Plum keyboard in Korean market.
----- Additional comment I see some springs are included and those can be used to increase actuation force? I wonder how that compares to rubberdomesheet swap. Putting in springs would be a lot simpler...
I can comment on the springs, however. On Topre boards, there is a spring that sits around the plunger on the spacebar, and I'm pretty sure its only real purpose is to offset the extra weight of the cap. It can add an ugly sound to the keys, so I wouldn't recommend that in lieu of a dome swap (having tried it myself).
I'd personally only want the heavier domes just so the tactile bump of the domes is more prominent. There's nothing really wrong with how light it is, IMO, but I find the tactile bump of the heavier domes very satisfying.
I really like the feel of the 35s, but due to my inability to leave something alone, I have ordered that exact rubber sheet you linked in 55g. Hasn't arrived yet,so I can't tell you if it worked or not.
I have pulled the keyboard apart (plum 84), and it looks extremely simple to change out the sheet.