As long as it's got mech switches and can run a qwerty layout I'm happy
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I think one of my favorite keyboards ever was a Microsoft “Natural” keyboard. I think they were available in the mid ’90s or so. Not quite a real split keyboard, but the ergonomics were great. I think I gave it away…it was great for typing, but I wanted a simpler keyboard for gaming.
I use a knock off ergonomic keyboard from adesso. 60% of the time, it works every time.
You can still get them on Amazon for like $40 if you ever decide you want to relive the split key glory days.
the one with the biiig built in "leather" wrist rest? loved that thing!
Hear me out, take the optic sensor from a mouse and put it on the bottom of one of those boards. Then you wouldn't have to move your hand to use a mouse.
Bruh what are you doing posting million dollar ideas like this on a public forum?!
Fun fact: that's Elijah Wood and it's his first film role
Recently bought a CharaChorder, haven't mastered it yet but it is promising.
You don't use a spilt keyboard set to colemak exclusively running Emacs weird
I find the topic interesting and want to both experiment with the ortholinear and split concepts. But the main thing holding me back is the same reason I am using zsh and not fish: compatibility. I don’t want to confuse myself with two ways of typing when I need to work on another pc and I will not be using a split keyboard on my laptop for example.
Both of mine died lately and I want to get them working again, but qmk is a nightmare I don't want to have to touch again.