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dirge wrote: What's everyone doing about keycaps? Still haven't sourced any for mine.

I plan to use keycaps from a Kinesis Advantage, but WASD is almost certain to produce a set, since he is even buying an Ergodox.

Ooh, just 25 more needed and it goes down to $199.
With 10 days left I think it will make it, especially if massdrop will post alu case pictures!

So if shipping to the US is free and shipping to the world is not, this means it's a US-centered service where people from Europe subsidize free US shipping? Webwit, they are based in the US, so naturally it costs more to ship elsewhere. Frankly, when the project started back in 2011, the estimated...

In this GH thread, the guy who runs Massdrop gives lots of good info on why the site requires registration and such: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=35549.0 I decided to register (without facebook needless to say) and it's not bad at all, all it needs is your email adrdess, and you can use any u...

Add a footswitch or palm keys to relieve your pinkies. It works!

@AloisiusFauxly, thanks for the helpful info! Palm keys are a must for me, I'll add them when I get the ErgoDox.

I'm using seimitsu PS-15, they take less amount of space inside the case compared to other arcade buttons, just 21mm which can be reduced by another 5mm if you bend the terminals. I use the arcade buttons for shift (or Fn layer occasionally), and it's a huge relief to my pinky fingers. http://akihab...

Hmm, I wonder if it's easy to install palm keys (arcade buttons) in the Full-Hand acrylic ErgoDox case, such as in my Kinesis extra keys mod
Is the palm area solid, or does it have empty space, and what are the dimensions in that area ?

I program using vim on an Advantage LF... the Advantage LF that was dremeled in that article :-) For me the End key is remapped to escape. The [] keys I left where they are, they were not that hard to get used to, but you can move them to =- or Hope/PgUp or some other location. graham, can you point...

nah, artisan won't work.
Best altertative to mechanical I've seen so far is "metal spring" keyboard. It covers cherries, torpe, alps, and buckling spring, and excludes the typical rubber dome keyboards.

I think we should stick with "mechanical" especially now that it's a commonplace term for users and for vendors alike. You can't change the tide. It would be a nobler cause to try and abolish the horrendous, stupid, and utterly pointless zig-zag key arrangement of most keyboards (inherited from 18th...

A keyboard with flat curve is the Data911 TG3... I have one and all keys are of the same profile and on the same plane. It's a sturdy mechanical compact keyboard with cherry MX blacks. Alternatively, if you want to create a flat curve on a keybard you already have, just order a set of keys from WASD...

As a linux user, when I'm using my Poker, I'm making use of that DIP setting, and have Fn keys on both left and right (not really missing the win key). Moreover, I remapped the Menu key (with xmodmap) to tilde/backtick, so that the top-left key can be locked to Escape mode for or vi / vim. So it wor...

Oh most wise Oracle, I commend thy sincerity and discernment. Indeed, I shall rely on my old Poker/mx reds for my compact keyboarding needs, until a new breed of 68-key keyboards perhaps emerges. I thank thee once more! What do you know, a 67-key keyboard is proposed here ... a compact version of t...

For those of you looking to mod your Kinesis keyboard, I restored my mod article on GH, since it was without images for quite some time:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=26579.0

Oh most wise Oracle, I commend thy sincerity and discernment. Indeed, I shall rely on my old Poker/mx reds for my compact keyboarding needs, until a new breed of 68-key keyboards perhaps emerges. I thank thee once more!

Nice find, didn't know about the KMAC mini! I see it has 76 keys, and includes function keys on the side. I don't want dedicated function keys at all, and would rather have the keyboard be a little more compact instead. Any other possibilities, under 70 keys ?

Those PCB's look fantastic!

bpiphany wrote:Look what no one but me have got =D

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Oh wise Oracle, do you know of any small mechanical keyboards, preferably backlit, with 5 rows of keys (such the Poker and Pure) that have dedicated arrow keys? Or, described the other way around, something like the RACE or Nopoo Choc mini keyboards, but without the function key row? I guess I'm loo...

The Advantage LF is now listed on the Kinesis website and online store as a regular model.
No more need to email / special order!

http://kinesis-ergo.com/contoured.htm

I'm still waiting for the definitive answer on what o-rings are best so I only try once. 40A durometer, EPDM o-rings from WASDkeyboards are the best. They now offer them in 2 different thicknesses, the new thinner ones have very negligible travel reduction. http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/ch...

I own a Touchstream as well. If they could make the surface sculpted, so you could feel the keys (even if they remain unmovable), it would be amazing.

Nice! I hope to do it too some day!

off, this is a good mod IMO. I dislike the fact that shift and enter feel totally different than the rest of the keys in my cherry-stabilized Poker. I dealt with the issue in a different way: I put o-rings on all keys except the stabilized ones (which were mushy already). The keyboard feels surprisi...

off, I'm very interested in this mod, please provide more info and pics, even if you have to borrow a camera or cell phone. Don't tease us without even some basic instructions!

Looking forward to seeing you actually mod your first keyboard ... you've been talking about it for a long time. Feel free to post your pics in this thread!

Seimitsu PS-15 (they are low profile arcade buttons, that don't extend too much inside the case).
Here they are in yellow, you're in Germany right?

http://www.arcadeshop.de/Seimitsu-Butto ... b_746.html

Each hole center is 20mm from the south edge of the keyboard and 78mm from the side edge. However, having used these for a while, believe that I placed the buttons too far toward the middle of the keyboard. I can see part of the button if I look down while I'm typing, and find myself having to move ...

Here is my work keyboard, with palm keys being the only modification. It's honestly the best single modification you can do, and it's so easy; it doesn't even require a soldering iron... just a step drill bit, and 15 minutes of your time.

This is so great Dox! One think I'm noticing is the gap between the main cluster and the thumb cluster. If possible, you should either increase the gap a pit and squeeze an extra key or two between them, OR reduce the gap so that the thumb keys are easier to reach (noticed you made that observation ...

Just lookup some books that have decent reviews on amazon, perhaps "Unix for dummies" is worth a shot? I agree with the previous poster, best way to learn is to use it. Try to actually DO STUFF on it. Want to move/rename/delete a file? Do it from the terminal. Want to create a directory (folder) ? D...