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prdlm2009 wrote: Also, it is unwise to label the Keyboardio as a DIY. They are getting funding in a business incubator and seem to have some connections to the Bay Area tech industry.

Thanks for the info, I stand corrected.

@cookie: Thank you for your feedback! Regarding key placements please keep in mind that the keymap is 100% reconfigurable. As for the shape given that we had to make some space for the connectors of the bridge cable we opted for this triangular shape which is the most minimalistic and cleanest ...

It’s an interesting effort, and I’m glad people are experimenting with new keyboards, but to be honest several of the features seem a bit gimmicky, and the rest is mostly copied from a standard keyboard layout, warts and all.

Good design features:
* More keys pressable with the thumbs
* Split ...

Muirium wrote:Blanks. 'Nuff said.

We plan to offer blank/labelled keycaps and blue/brown switch versions = 4 versions in total.

Apple's skinny ISO return looks like this:

http://codexmac.com/_wp/assets/apple-keyboard-uk.jpg

They did the same 0.5u chop on the right hand side. I really dislike Apple's tiny return, because I always hit it on the thinnest part at the bottom. One of the reasons I switched to ANSI.

Yeah ...

@Wiper, seeing how many people requested ISO we will consider it but not for the first batch. Manufacturing is already pretty complex and tooling costs are very high. It looks like a viable further offering, although I'm not sure how the small L shaped enter would look on the board.

Are you likely to support programmability directly on the keyboard itself? If so, a little flash from the appropriate layer indicator can be put to good use.

I've just figured out what you meant, silly me! Programmability directly on the keyboard itself won't be possible because of the complexity ...

You're welcome. I've been meaning to implement it myself on my custom boards but haven't the firmware programming chops to drive it in software!

Please tell me about those custom boards! Interested!

Are you likely to support programmability directly on the keyboard itself? If so, a little flash ...

I guess they want to keep the layout as familiar as possible to appeal a wider audience.

You're spot on! Even though I've never used a matrix keyboard up until this point, I'm intrigued about the idea but I also believe that a market share of such a keyboard is rather limited, especially for a ...

Backlighting sucks on MX, but those shoulder mounted LEDs still do the job they were originally intended for: lock indicators.

When you say "shoulder mounted LED" I'm not exactly sure what to think of. Is that it? :

keycap-led-window.jpg

Yes. MX switches all have an LED mount built into them ...

What competitors? Axios, keyboard.io and ErgoDox and its forks are supposed to be open source, fit in the same price range and are actually rather ergonomic... and don't have tacky names. Then there's Matias Ergo Pro. Anything else?

Out of the above I only consider Matias a competitor. I respect ...

Muirium wrote:Backlighting sucks on MX, but those shoulder mounted LEDs still do the job they were originally intended for: lock indicators.

When you say "shoulder mounted LED" I'm not exactly sure what to think of. Is that it? :

Nice to see a new split keyboard. I think the minimal case is kind of spoiled by the top design. I especially dislike the small screen, which makes the keyboard look like a 80s calculator. A indicator for the current layour is sure handy, but I guess a more discreet solution could be found ...

put two keys in place of the right super. why that would be a problem?

but it seems you already made up your mind and this post is more of a ad campaign. Nothing wrong about that, it's a very interesting project.

Even though by and large we've made up my mind, we're definitely interested in your ...

right super is huge and so useless I can't even start.

How would you do it differently? Should we make it 1.5U wide just like the neighboring keys and make the case reach into the unoccupied area? I barely think that'd look right design-wise.

left super is in the wrong position. You use ctrl ...

Actually, I wonder who's making the caps for this? Might be a secret, of course, but cough once if it's our old friends Signature Plastics, and twice for Tai-Hao!

I'm sorry but given that we'll open up pretty much everything eventually, we'd like to have at least a little bit of a leverage so our ...

Cherry switches? Any alternatives for switches?

Blue and brown are the options and who knows what other options we will offer later, just as the FAQ states.

Completely programmable?

Yes, just as the main page states. :)

Swappable backspace and backslash?

Unfortunately, backspace being 1 ...

Split is indeed good. But when giving a nod to the HHKB, do remember to borrow its best features, like the short right Shift and Fn key. Instead, the right side of this layout looks more like Apple's, trimming off a half unit and making caps upgrades way harder.

Not planning to give a nod to the ...

wheybags wrote:What switches?
The render looks like it has mx blues

You can ask for MX blues or MX browns, just as the FAQ states.

One question: Why did you go for so many non-standard keycap sizes? Enter, backspace, pipe, super: they're all very awkward sizes. Lots of people in the community are interested in swapping keycaps out for better quality or nicer looking sets and trimming off 0.5U seems like a bad compromise. I ...

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