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IMHO the persistence of Model M (now Unicomp) worship is a meme. Yes a chunky Buckling Spring mechanism is a very unique and "fun" feel, but that doesn't mean it's actually good to do a lot of typing on in terms of ergonomics or speed. So what of it? It's a novelty item, not the ultimate keyboard.
How many other 40+ year old keyboard models do people still regularly use today? The Model-M reputation earned more than a click.
Well, as a bog-standard person, I use Logitech MX Keys Mini 2 (with Bolt support). It's good enough for typing for long sessions and reliable enough to type on without much thinking. It has great features though. Automatic backlight and standby via hall & ambient light sensors, great key texture and weight, scissor switches instead of bog-standard membrane, etc. It's not a mechanical keyboard and not smooth as one, b…
Can't wait for mainstream laptops with ortholinear layout and split space bar.
Yamaha DX7. Oh you mean… OK. The one on my 2008 unibody MacBook, which I likely put the most hours in on of any of them. Then the one on my ancient and lovely Thinkpad T240 — one of the most pragmatically delightful computers ever — and probably the N33SX I owned in 1992. The keyboard on the M1 Max MBP is quite nice, too.
The only way to top that would be someone eschewing portability for a mechanical keyboard of some kind. I would totally buy that
Typing this on a Moonlander right now. Love it to pieces. The tenting kit is pricey but incredibly stable and, to me, is worth every penny. I've gotten used to the ortholinear so much so that I hate other layouts now. I've looked at some other more minimal boards and, while they look nice, I actually make good use of pretty much all my keys and I would not like going down to a smaller layout. In my mind, the most imp…
The Moonlander and the Ergodox both lack Function keys. How do you cope? I spend much time in IDEs, mostly Jetbrains but also VS Code. I'm also constantly in Emacs and VIM, and even my desktop shortcuts have many Function keys used. The IDEs are particularly troublesome as there are quite a few triple buckies that involve the Function keys. Another layer (e.g. using a modifier key) just doesn't seen like a good solut…
All my volume/brightness/etc functions are handled on a separate layer. I've got function keys on another layer as well, but I don't ever use them.
If you use function keys a lot, then you could do something like putting the function keys on one layer all on the right hand like it's a num pad and then adding a key on the left hand to switch to that layer. You could add combo-taps on your main layer to trigger the function key (e.g. press `q` and `1` at the same time to hit `f1`, `w` and `2` at the same time to send `f2`, etc.), etc. etc.
QMK gives you a lot of options to do what you want. There's also 3 keys towards the center of the keyboard on each side that I rarely hit (in fact, they're used for some layer switching some times!) that you could easy bind to function keys directly.
Note that a key can do like 4 different things depending if you tap, hold, double tap, or tap and hold if you want to get really fancy.
Can I get a full layout keyboard, split, wired, with a trackball, in a single board. Or is that too much to ask?
Meanwhile, Keychron Q10 is the best
Can type on it for days. I bought a few just in case :)