nickfaraco

joined 1 year ago
[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I need a more commute-friendly solution, but that’s an interesting approach nonetheless. Thank you for sharing!

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't have bet a dime on the stability of those things. That's great! I was planning to join the magfrotto gang using the z-tripods, but I might as well opt for these ones instead if they can really be used like that.

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Super interesting setup you have there! And thank you for bringing back to my attention the btrfld, I had forgotten about it. Far too many keys for me, but that's a design idea I should look into if I'll ever try to design my own keyboard.

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the info!

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's an interesting design! But yeah, I agree there's too many keys. How do you like the X switches?

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's an interesting setup and probably what I'll end up doing - at least at home - until I pull the trigger on some smallrig arms.

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The glove80 has way too many keys for me. And, as far as I know, the stagger on the Sweep is the same as the chocofi. But yeah, I'll probably create my own design sooner or later.

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think I've seen every single video by Ben Vallack, he's actually the one that got me into the hobby. And the idea of the magnetic clamps I mentioned in another comment partly comes from his ideas. Strapping the keyboard to my legs didn't work well for me instead, too wobbly. I'd be curious to have a look at your designs.

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The exposed PCB and towel could be a neat trick when I work from home, but I'd like to find a slightly more refined solution, possibly portable. At some point, the endgame will probably be a set of clamped mounts at home and one at work, to which magnetically attach the keyboard I carry around. The Atreus is an interesting option in the meanwhile, but I have a few concerns. First and foremost, too little pinky stagger. I don't even find the one of my chocofi to be enough and operate the upper pinky key with my ring finger instead. Not a big deal tho, I could ignore the additional keys and I will probably move to a 30 keys layout someday. Next, there's the software: I'm not sure moving away from zmk is worth it. And lastly, I have no experience with mechanical switches apart from the keychron bananas (which I hate) and linear chocs. But I don't like long travels, so MX style switches is probably not my cup of tea (and honestly I'd like a shorter travel for chocs too). Actually I'm on the look for a way to reproduce the feeling of the latest MacBook Pros. I've never used an apple keyboard before (fortunately, it seems), but I really enjoy the tactility and short travel of the one on my laptop. I've heard good things about kailh speed switches, but I never tried them.

[–] nickfaraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's probably what I'll end up doing in the long run (since it would allow to keep the mouse closer too). I'm just entering the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole tho, and I want to figure out my pseudo-endgame keyboard and layout before investing in mounts and similar.

 

I'm quite tall and have rather long arms. As a consequence, I rarely find myself sitting at the desk with the elbows bent at a proper angle while typing. I figured out it would be more comfortable for me to work with the keyboard sitting on my lap, tented if possible, but I couldn't find a stable configuration with my split 34-keys board. Is there anybody that came up with a smart solution to this?

I'm also considering building a small unibody like the hummingbird, but I guess it may be too small to comfortably sit on the lap.