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
Why have you choosen this option of the poll: 563 votes, but only 28 votes/rank 6 for this. Regarding lowest price we save 25$ compared to WASD, but we although loose the option for keycap configuration. People have to know this to decide which is worth more for them.
Why only brown switches, it's no problem at all to get ISO Keyboards/mx brown in Europe. I know the dip switches, but in german forums people never ask for dip switches, they would rather like to see different switches like clears/greens on ISO Keyboards, because this is hard to get here. Both options are given at WASD for 10$ more.
For me there is no reason to buy this on MD. Being german, the only reasons to import an ISO Keyboard to Europe are not given, hard to get switches and keycap config to my own liking. Paying around 190$ after shipping and tax only for dip switches, well i don't know. I can get 2-3 well build CM keyboards for that money.
All of this is only me, and i love MD, but i can't see the sense of this drop.
Cheers
Europeans don't lack ISO keyboards with red/brown/black/blue switches, we lack clears/greens/gray switches and keycapsets with ISO option for reasonable prices, what ever reasonable may be.
Have a nice weekend
Edit: If you're from Europe and want ISO Layout - Vortex Backlit Doubleshot PBT Keycaps give this IC some love: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=70781.0
following your link on the description page states something else: Here's one of the winning options from the https://www.massdrop.com/vote/wasd-keyboards poll started by mmitiaguin.
WASD V2 88-Key ISO Custom Mechanical Keyboard / Suggested by noobidoo / 28 votes
Edit: We'll talk to WASD tomorrow to see if we can get other switches.