ErgoMechKeyboards
Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Rules
Keep it ergo
Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)
i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²
¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid
No Spam
No excessive posting/"shilling" for commercial purposes. Vendors are permitted to promote their products/services but keep it to a minimum and use the [vendor] flair. Posts that appear to be marketing without being transparent about it will be removed.
No Buy/Sell/Trade
This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.
Some useful links
- EMK wiki
- Split keyboard compare tool
- Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
- Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/
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once you get into ergo (or split ergo), this becomes a LOT more personal – you put symbols where you will find them or where you expect them to be – adjust for whatever layout (QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak-DH, etc.) you are using and then pile on macros and optimizations to cover whatever programming languages you are working in …
Thanks this is solid advice - at least I know I'm not reinventing the wheel.
Those links were great and I've read them all. I hadn't thought about, or heard the term, bigrams before.
After reading these I think I've decided to keep my symbol layer separate from my numpad layer too.