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Trying to find out how difficult (or not) it will be to switch from iso layout to ansi. Main reason is the much better choice of keycaps that will be available.

Have any of you made the switch ? If so how difficult was it ?

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

Makes one wonder, why did ANSI become the de-facto standard in the mech keyboard community? Is it because of higher purchase power of US enthusiasts, or something else?

From a volume standpoint, wouldn't ISO make more sense?

[–] LazaroFilm@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@FirstWizardZorander On a QMK keyboard you could swap that key to whatever symbol you want, right in the keyboard’s firmware.

@Waldhuette

[–] in2erval@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Right, but on ISO keyboards have a vertical Enter key

Personally I like the ISO enter key way more than the ANSI one, it looks a lot more canonical for me and my pinky can press it better than the ANSI one.