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Re: Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery

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Post by sequoia »

I am up past my bedtime typing on hacker news just to mega-disagree about the goldtouch keyboard, of which I own multiple and have used exclusively for over 10 years to manage serious RSI which has left me debilitated at times and will probably never resolve fully. The goldtouch is a fantastic ergonomic keyboard. I’m sure others are just as good or better and didn’t object to the authors criticisms until s/he suggested a better alternative to the goldtouch is the Kenesis freestyle which does not tent, the main reason I use the goldtouch.

This makes me wonder if the author is concerned about ergonomics and functionality or just quirkiness. The fact that he dumps all “mass market” keyboards (ie the majority of those people actually use) into one bucket in order to highlight a half dozen impractical lookalikes where someone basically just took a keyboard and cut it in half was the first thing that had me scratching my head.

An interesting collection of oddities but not a sound product guide IMO.

Re: Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery

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Post by ashton314 »

jrockway wrote: post #44
mholm wrote: post #9

Anybody have the moonlander and enjoy it? I currently have an ergodox infinity, and want something I can swap to Kailh Choc White switches. The layout and programming seems perfect for me, though I'm disappointing that it's still wired.

I switched to a Moonlander from an Ergodox and am liking it. I ended up not liking their built-in tenting mechanism, so 3D printed my own shims that screw to the back, allowing me to tent the keyboard but also tilt the "wings" upwards. Very comfortable! One thing I thought I hated about the Ergodox was how inaccessible the small keys on the thumb cluster were, and I thought I would like 3 big keys better. It turns ou…

I’ve been looking at the Moonlander and the tenting is what’s holding me up. Do you have a file for those shims you made that I could use?

And how did you bolt those things on? Are there screw holes on the back?

Re: Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery

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Post by mosesschwartz »

jrockway wrote: post #70
jrockway wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I switched to a Moonlander from an Ergodox and am liking it. I ended up not liking their built-in tenting mechanism, so 3D printed my own shims that screw to the back, allowing me to tent the keyboard but also tilt the "wings" upwards. Very comfortable! One thing I thought I hated about the Ergodox was how inaccessible the small keys on the thumb cluster were, and I thought I would like 3 big keys better. It turns ou…

I forgot that I use Twitter sometimes and have pictures of another Moonlander experiment: mounting it to my chair! https://twitter.com/petersergeant/status/1356057651931537408 I did eventually get parts for both sides. One of the flexible arm clamp tripod mount thingies was not stiff enough to hold the keyboard up, but the other one was great. Since they were both the same part from the same order... it's kind of a c…

That’s fantastic. Is your 3D model on Thingiverse or anywhere else? I’ve been thinking about making exactly the same thing to use tripod mounts on the Moonlander.

Re: Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery

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Post by eru »

maximilianroos wrote: post #73
eru wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A friend of mine cut up her Kinesis Advantage to put a big trackball right in the middle. (There's enough space in the housing, especially if you are not afraid to cut and move the circuit board.) A similar position might work for you? I use a standing desk to be in a similar (but upright) position, because sitting is also bad for me.

I have a trackpad in the middle of mine, it works great. Here's a photo from a few years back: https://twitter.com/max_sixty/status/1144236070369988609/pho...

Nice!

Hers was a rather more professional looking job. The trackball was about 8 cm in diameter and sunk right in.

(She also hacked up the kernel driver to make horizontal rotation be interpreted as the scroll wheel.)

Re: Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery

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Post by stevekemp »

sequoia wrote: post #81

I am up past my bedtime typing on hacker news just to mega-disagree about the goldtouch keyboard, of which I own multiple and have used exclusively for over 10 years to manage serious RSI which has left me debilitated at times and will probably never resolve fully. The goldtouch is a fantastic ergonomic keyboard. I’m sure others are just as good or better and didn’t object to the authors criticisms until s/he suggest…

I had the same feeling; I've been using the Microsoft Ergonomic keyboards for what feels like the past 10-15 years now:

http://xahlee.info/kbd/microsoft_ergonomic_keyboard.html

Every time I change job I bring my own with me, or persuade the company to buy me one. I did experiment with an actually-split keyboard back in the late 90s; two pieces joined by a short cable, but it was really difficult to use and so I gave up on it almost immediately. My memory was that there was only a short/stubby space-bar on the left-half of the keyboard too.

(I'm a touch typist, and I definitely use both thumbs for pressing the space bar. Albeit I use my dominant hand most of the time.)

Re: Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery

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Post by karmelapple »

sequoia wrote: post #81

I am up past my bedtime typing on hacker news just to mega-disagree about the goldtouch keyboard, of which I own multiple and have used exclusively for over 10 years to manage serious RSI which has left me debilitated at times and will probably never resolve fully. The goldtouch is a fantastic ergonomic keyboard. I’m sure others are just as good or better and didn’t object to the authors criticisms until s/he suggest…

I’ve used this for almost 8 years now, and it’s both easy to bring with on a trip, and comfortable at home. Is this the Goldtouch you’re talking about?

Goldtouch GTP-0044 Go!2 Mobile Keyboard, Portable Foldable Travel Keyboard with USB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DT73FVM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_...

Re: Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery

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Post by rajbot »

corysama wrote: post #6

Missing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fingerworks_Touchstream_k... After drooling over the idea of this for years, I finally pulled the trigger and bought one. But, my order was cancelled because Apple had just bought the company to work on gesture tech for the original iPhone.

Touchstream is such a magical device!
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