This is really impressive, well done. I love the design, how premium it looks, and the site itself.
Really amazing work, I'm blown away. Well done.
I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard
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Re: I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard
#272The biggest disadvantage to switching to a split keyboard is seeing neat things like this come out, and then hearing my wrists say "it's too bad we're never letting you go back." I even have to travel with the damn thing now, if I'm planning on doing any serious coding...
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#273This comment section is full of people complaining about a 70% keyboard not being a full-size keyboard, but that is what makes it a 70% keyboard. If it doens't fit your preferences or use-case then you are not the customer but it seems bizarre to focus so much on the sizing.
The comment section is full of people complaining in general. Nice job OP, I think it looks great.
In all seriousness though I don't mind people complaining. I asked for feedback, after all.
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#274Really nice especially the moulded keys, but two eyesores, the logo and the whatever knob in the top right. You’re never going to be able to slip that into a bag with the knob sticking out. And nobody uses those. Well nobody that can pay $120 for a keyboard. As for the logo, that’s a vanity thing. I know you’re very proud of making the product but if you put a stupid logo on front it kills the minimalist vibe and red…
> Uh-ho just looked again and saw it was made in the uk. never buying it
Why not?
Re: I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard
#275Amazing job! The keyboard looks great. I have a couple of question for you regarding how you built the prototype and how you are planning to manufacture it. I am building something much less ambitious but also a hardware project and could really use some answers to these questions.
* How did you get the CE compliance? Did you literally just fork out a couple of grand and send the prototype to a lab to do it for you?
* How does creating the prototype vs. getting manufacturing going look like? Did you create the aluminium body yourself in your garage, then started getting in touch with Chinese companies to see who could manufacture it? How did you find the contacts for these?
If anyone else has tips for these kinds of things, I'd appreciate them also. The CE compliance in particular is quite daunting.
Re: I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard
#276Really nice especially the moulded keys, but two eyesores, the logo and the whatever knob in the top right. You’re never going to be able to slip that into a bag with the knob sticking out. And nobody uses those. Well nobody that can pay $120 for a keyboard. As for the logo, that’s a vanity thing. I know you’re very proud of making the product but if you put a stupid logo on front it kills the minimalist vibe and red…
Second counterpoint, I didn't even notice the logo (I assume you mean the model name), and I think it looks good.
The knob does make it less portable though, definitely.
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#277There's a lot of criticism in the comments here, some of it feels very negative. I can imagine reading it as the OP is quite demoralising. Personally I think what the OP has achieved is very impressive. The design looks beautiful, and there's a very "Apple-esque" feel to the website. I love that sustainability has been made a requirement as part of the design. I think some of the other comments give good feedback abo…
The problem is that these things are deeply personal. And this one is really, really close to what I'd want myself. Yet... I still wouldn't buy it. Here's what I'm using right now (actually I have the wireless version which they recently stopped producing): https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/accessories-and-software/keyb... But I couldn't deal without the trackpoint, which I use regularly for simple mouse actions even wh…
Why is that a problem though? It’s really, really close to what you want. But not close enough. So you don’t buy it. No problem!
Re: I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard
#278The best thing you can do is to get ppl to review it because many won’t buy it without actually feeling it out once, but a good reviewer can give you a pretty good idea
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#279Really nice especially the moulded keys, but two eyesores, the logo and the whatever knob in the top right. You’re never going to be able to slip that into a bag with the knob sticking out. And nobody uses those. Well nobody that can pay $120 for a keyboard. As for the logo, that’s a vanity thing. I know you’re very proud of making the product but if you put a stupid logo on front it kills the minimalist vibe and red…
> Uh-ho just looked again and saw it was made in the uk. never buying it Why not?
London isn’t a technology hub and that they put made in london to imitate Apple made in California, is pretentious to the nth degree, and that’s exactly how I see the english. they don’t make shit, and what little they do design comes with fireworks and their national gd anthem. And nobody bring up ARM, because the ARM of today was designed in Japan, not the uk
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#280and it's bad :D