ErgoMechKeyboards

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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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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

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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.

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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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After many troubles, I have completed my first ever keyboard build, my very own Lily58 (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by sam2099@lemmy.world to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world

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[–] eclectic_electron@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I built a 4x5 dactyl manuform and use it for coding. I will definitely be going with a bigger layout for whatever I do next. The really small layouts are amazing for prose, but for code that makes heavy use of unusual punctuation, it's not ideal. Layers are great and I really prefer having numbers on a layer, for example, but then for something like typing a version number I have to switch layers every other character. It would be great to have enough keys to have things like period and colon available on multiple layers.