Top: KBt RE: 66, Akko Mod 005 Middle: Zoom 65, Qazimodo Bottom: Vault 35, Daisy 40, mISO 34

  • 柊 つかさ@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Can’t imagine using full spacebar again after tasting split spacebars and 40’s. I’m never typing with 9 fingers again.

      • 柊 つかさ@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Yes, you can bind something to the other spacebar. Shift, a FN key, backspace, enter, a letter, whatever you want. Normally you would have 8 fingers on the alpha cluster (the letters) and use a thumb for space thus using 9 digits (before someone comes after me for calling thumbs fingers lol). By splitting the space you effectively gain the ability to type with all your digits by giving each thumb a separate key. You can also split the space in more than two keys. Personally I quite like two keys per thumb.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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          6 months ago

          But then you can’t double tap the space bar machine gun style. Jk, sounds smart. Which side do you usually leave for space? I imagine that gets significant more user than the other.

          • 柊 つかさ@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            People usually use either their left or right thumb for space (some bring a finger down instead of using a thumb). Whatever side you are used to, you would keep space at in your split space layout. For me that is the right side. The other one is shift for me so it does also get a lot of use, but yes the right one gets used more frequently.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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    6 months ago

    This picture is very concerning due to the lack of letters and punctuation on some of these keyboards. One has “QAZ” in the wrong place, two more lack those letters entirely, and one has gone so far as to remove “L” too. What psychopath designed these?

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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        6 months ago

        For letters and punctuation though? Seriously? Like, okay, lesser used punctuation like carets, tildes, lesser/greater than, stuff like that seems reasonable to stick behind a layer. Letters though?

        • cloffwrangler@lemmy.worldOP
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          6 months ago

          I write JavaScript on the tiny ones so I have to type a lot of () and {} and stuff. It took me a little while to get used to.

          Also I have them mapped so that QAZ are Esc, Tab, Shift. So all letters are accounted for on layer 0.

    • faintwhenfree@lemmus.org
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      6 months ago

      I understand removing numpads for people who don’t enter a lot of numbers since you have a second set, but removing things beyond that, I don’t know, I don’t get it. I don’t even think I can give up my function row (f1-f12)