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
104U - the white / grey board 104U-S - the white / grey board silenced 104UB - the black board 104UB-S - the black board silenced.
I recently bought the cheapest (new and unopened) UB-S off eBay for $310.00 US. I have a Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL with Topre switches, to which I applied an upstroke silencing mod. It's been my favorite keyboard for typing sessions, and gaming on it doesn't bother me at all. For so long, I've wanted a full 104 key version for my office, so I was delighted to find the 104UB-S on eBay. It's significantly quieter than any Cherry switch, and your hands will thank you for the variable actuation weights.
This is a pretty good price for both silenced models, especially the UB-S which is typically significantly more expensive than the U-S. You can find cheaper U-S models on eBay, but they all have upward of $60 shipping from Japan (to the US). All in all I'd say this drop is a win.This is a pretty good price for both silenced models, especially the black one. You can find cheaper 104U-S models on eBay, but they all have upward of $60 shipping from Japan.
All in all, I'd say this drop is a win.