It's finally up on GH
sent from my chess board
Another reason why I do not use GH.Chyros wrote: ↑The approval system on GH is piss annoying. Doesn't even make sense because GH doesn't take responsibility for the deals Oo .
You use layers for that. Not as convenient, for sure. But you have to make some sort of trade-off to get a smaller size. And this smaller size might not necessarily be for aesthetic purposes, but for some need.kbdfr wrote: ↑That would imply that there are more than just 26 alpha keys like in this design.chuckdee wrote: ↑Can't you program the layout to something that would help you? […]
Accented letters and/or other diacritics are not just accasional in most languages, but full-fledged characters. As an example, in French the frequency of é is higher than even g and even à is more frequent than k, so that it would seem rational for a French keyboard with only 26 alpha keys to have é rather than g and à rather than k - but of course you will still need (but have no place for) g and k.
Trying to reduce the number of keys of a keyboard (at least to that point) is a merely aesthetical exercise which has clear negative impact on its usability.
Apparently English users cannot even grasp that it is not just a matter of conveniencechuckdee wrote: ↑You use layers for that. Not as convenient, for sure. But you have to make some sort of trade-off to get a smaller size. And this smaller size might not necessarily be for aesthetic purposes, but for some need.kbdfr wrote: ↑[Long explanation about diacritics use in most languages]
Trying to reduce the number of keys of a keyboard (at least to that point) is a merely aesthetical exercise which has clear negative impact on its usability.
I totally grasp that. I just don't think that you grasp that allowances need to be made for less keys.kbdfr wrote: ↑Apparently English users cannot even grasp that it is not just a matter of conveniencechuckdee wrote: ↑You use layers for that. Not as convenient, for sure. But you have to make some sort of trade-off to get a smaller size. And this smaller size might not necessarily be for aesthetic purposes, but for some need.kbdfr wrote: ↑[Long explanation about diacritics use in most languages]
Trying to reduce the number of keys of a keyboard (at least to that point) is a merely aesthetical exercise which has clear negative impact on its usability.
Imagine you would have even less keys and hence all vowels on a second layer. Would it be just "not convenient"?
I would be curious which "need" can justify sacrificing full-fledged letters (which is what diacritics are) to have a keyboard that small.