3/30/2023 0 Comments Hyperius the invincible![]() It's easy to get a lot of issues by doing too much too soon. It is true, though, that one shouldn't tent them too early in the learning process, or jump into the deep end with the programming of keys right away. I have three of them now, one for work, and two for home, and they work great. I didn't know about Moonlander-like keyboards until May of last year, when I discovered the Moonlander. I think a big thing for me is that I really, REALLY wanted it to work out, after having a lot of frustration with normal ergonomic keyboards. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't next-level like Moonlander or the upcoming Dygma Defy. I have a Logitech Ergonomic Keyboard that I can't find a buyer for, it was $130 new and I just want some money back. ![]() Randy Rydberg on Tech At least it should sell pretty easily. Taking inspiration from Ben Vallack's YouTube videos, I got a Moonlander and am currently working on a 20-key layout (based on ISRT) to minimize finger travel as much as possible. For some extra background, I have been typing a Dvorak layout for around 15 years (had some RSI issues in college, this shift away from Qwerty cleared it up for me) and have been using a Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard for a while - so reprogramming my mind's keymap is something I had some experience with. I think this has been a really invaluable transitional tool for moving into layers on a mechanical keyboard, and a rewarding journey. It feels fantastic - the only thing I move my hand for is to use the trackball.ĭesigning and learning this extra layer on the board has been an iterative process, lots of tweaking like he's describing on the Moonlander - but I can take the config file onto any machine running TouchCursor and have the same experience. right where I can easily reach them without moving my hands from the home position - even gave me something to do with my Caps Lock key. I use my right hand for my trackball (Elecom Huge, wonderful so far) - so to balance out the workload, I moved a number pad under my left hand (I do a lot of numbers entry), have arrow keys under my right home row, plus all the extras - Insert, Delete, Home, End, etc. Holding down my spacebar functions like a "Function" key on a laptop, giving me an extra layer on my regular keyboard - and brings all the other keys that I use frequently, right under and next to my home row. Something I've been using as a transitional tool in preparation for additional layers on the Moonlander is TouchCursor in Windows (I think there's an equivalent for Mac / Linux?). I will absolutely hate the first few weeks, but then I'll just get used to it and it will be fine. Let keyboard designers design keyboards, and I will do my job. Designing a tool is a difficult task that requires time and skill, so I would prefer a finished professionally designed product. No you won't! But you'll endlessly postpone the moment when it clicks with this endless "improvement" loop. However, if you can constantly fiddle with it, this may give you the illusion that you may avoid this problem and just make it perfect. ![]() No tool is perfect, so eventually you just need to give up, suck it up, and get used to it. Having a printout of your layout on your desk is ugly.ģ - the people who design tools should not be the same people who use them. Blank keycaps are a little better, but they're obviously not very useful. Obviously, with all these tricky layers this will never be the case, unless you own a keycap factory. Switching to a layer also needs a toggle key, and you will eventually run out of (already limited) keys for that if you have way too many layers.Ģ - I prefer when a key actually does what its caption says it does. Moving distant keys closer to your home row is a form of optimisation: as we all know, premature optimisation is the root of evil. ![]() Long hand travel to distant keys is only a problem for keys that you press very often. ![]() I would prefer to have all standard keys in front of me in one layer, and then maybe be able to move them closer to the "home row" when needed. I've bought an Ergodox and from my experience I can actually relate to this a lot.ġ - there's just not enough keys. ![]()
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