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
If you're going to invest that kind of cash and energy into a keyboard project, why don't you go the extra mile in invest into something like the ergodox.
http://falbatech.pl/ 1 euro = 1.12 USD (today's rate)
ergodox PCB: 25euro tinsy : 20 euros mx blue switches (on special today at .56eu / switch, 43 euros for 76) red /transparent acrylic case color 52 eu keycaps 30euros (104 keycaps)
You can probably save some money on keycaps and case if you find a cheap place to 3d print.
total : 180 euros (202 USD)
It's a bit more money but unlike this remote controlled monstrosity, it is actually special.
In a free world, to bad not everywhere, people should be able to live/buy/speak up to their own liking without others trying to convince them following their path.
It seems this wish is so simple, but can't be reached. Crazy stupid world we're living in sometimes!
I appreciate different analogy coming from different perspective. Always happy if there is a better/cheaper option.