>Slim Body made of high-grade Aerospace Aluminum alloy
Why is this good? Does my keyboard need to be resistant to cosmic rays and stuff?
What are the benefits of an "high-grade Aerospace Aluminum alloy" for a keyboard?
CLEAVE – Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard
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Re: CLEAVE – Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard
#52Looks like the Microsoft Natural Keyboard.[1] Minus the cursor and number pads. I still have one on my Windows 7 machine. [1] https://www.microsoft.com/accessories/en-us/products/keyboar...
Note an important diffetence, that Microsoft keyboard has staggered keys.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does key chatter mean in practical terms? Also what was the learning curve like for these strange split keyboards like Ergodox?
Read this great blog post about Truly Ergonomic chatter. http://www.cataclysmicmutation.com/2014/03/28/truly-unrespon... I have two of them (apparently I had to learn the lesson twice), both exhibit chatter to varying degrees. It seems to lessen the more you use the keyboard, but comes back if you leave it for a while. It is super inconsistent and annoying and absolutely ridiculous for keyboards of that price. Also t…
Wow, that sounds awfully annoying. Thanks for the link.
I dont get why these companies go unresponsive when selling a high end product. They must be happy in their little niche market position, without much competition.
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I'll give it points for the arrow keys. There just really isn't much in the way of good positions for arrow keys on a split layout. That said I don't like what it's doing with the thumbs. Thumbs want to move radially more than in and out.
I have my Ergodox set up so I hold down a thumb key and it activates a layer so my right hand has arrow keys and pgup/pgdown/home/end right there on the home row. I can't live without it now.
My keyboard is set up in a similar manner but it adds a point of complexity. Ctrl-Shift-Arrow is harder to use since the Fn key is trying to take up a thumb.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have my Ergodox set up so I hold down a thumb key and it activates a layer so my right hand has arrow keys and pgup/pgdown/home/end right there on the home row. I can't live without it now.
My keyboard is set up in a similar manner but it adds a point of complexity. Ctrl-Shift-Arrow is harder to use since the Fn key is trying to take up a thumb.
I still prefer that complexity to having to move my entire hand from the home row to use the arrow keys. I'm very used to it now.
Re: CLEAVE – Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard
#56Looks tempting but I just got my ultimate hacking keyboard. Need to give that some time to get into the muscle memory.
I ordered a month ago but I have not received it yet. How did it take to receive yours? Link for curious about this keyboard: https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/
Was in on their crowdfunding site crowdsupply for more than a year. I think they’re close to it not done with those and into regular production now.