[IC] Round 5 / profile of modifier keys

[7bit]

I'm unsure about the modifier keys in the bottom row.

Which profile should they have?

In Round 4 we had row 3 profile.

The options are:

Row 2: this makes them easier to type with the thumb. I use this for my cursor keys for quite some time.
Row 3: modifiers get out of the way (this is the only option for 1.25 units keys)
Row 4: this is what would be considered the correct row, but very bad for thumbs and space bar is still row 3
Row 5: row 1 reversed. Good for keyboard with very high feet at the rear

I tend to got for row 3, as it is the best compromise between all options and looks better next to the space bar.

[Halvar]

Row 3 also looks best if I have to combine 1.25 and 1.0 modifiers. Voted for Row 3

[rindorbrot]

Maybe you should add a picture with the rows, that would make it easier to imagine

[Muirium]

My fondness for 1.25 mods and symmetry demands row 3 (which will surely win) but a little experience with row 2 tells me it feels nice for the arrow cluster.

[7bit]

OK, it's row 3 for the standard kits.

I will add a kit with row 2 modifiers for 1 and 1.5 units.

[Elrick]

Yep, picked Row 3.

Truth be told as I do very little typing at all, I couldn't care less what you choose SP to make.

As long as it's an SA all up and looks good sitting in a keyboard, what more could you want?

[daybreak365]

I'm honestly fine with the modifiers being Row 3, but is it possible to have Backspace be in Row 1?

[Muirium]

+1 to that. What else besides 1u keys can be done in row 1 SA?

[7bit]

1, 1.5, 1.75 and 2.

[Muirium]

<Looks at 1.75u backspace on his XT and nods in approval.>

[Halvar]

It seems that there actually is a row 4 mold for 1.25u keys:



http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=456 ... msg1114332

I would have voted for row 4 instead of row 3 if I had known this, but I might be the only one. Can we maybe add a basic modifier pack for these in row 4 (Ctrl/Super/Alt/AltGr/Super/Meta/Ctrl)?

[7bit]

They are only available in matte, not semi-matte top surface.

[Halvar]

Oh, I see, thanks. Nobody wants that in a Honeywell set of course.