Something like this? The heavy stagger is great, 42 keys is almost perfect, but the thumb placement is – for me – horrible. Having to move my thumb to practically under my palm is just terrible ergonomics.

This thumb layout reminds me more of the ErgoDox variants, and is far better placement. Is there a layout close to this?

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialOP
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    2 days ago

    I almost got a Keyboardio. I was put off by reviews of the switches, or quality issues, or something.

    Size doesn’t really matter; I wouldn’t use all of the keys, but I don’t care if they’re there. I don’t travel with my keyboard.

    I’m mainly where I am because (a) I’m maxing my home row usage, (b) I try to eliminate anything that requires me to take my hands off the home row, and © I got sucked into the aesthetics of Chocs. A and B lead to an upper practical limit for the number of keys, so the keyboard size is a function of that and not because I’m trying to save space. C was just a mistake; yes, it’s slick, but I should have gotten full size switches, which would have allowed me to get higher tactility.

    Those Keyboardios are very nice looking.

    • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Not trying to argue with your preference, just trying to be informative:

      • The first model had shitty switches.

      • The newer model 100 is great and uses normal switches (you also can swap them).

      • They replaced/fixed any quality issues for both models, as far as I have followed in the forum/discord.

      • I also own both and I can not live without the palm keys haha so take my fanboyism with a grain of salt.