I'm creating a keyboard inspired by typematrix and planck : Yet Another OrthoLinear Keyboard 60% (still not sure how to call it. Yaolk60 ?).
(the 2 parts are on a single board)
http://imgur.com/a/guPh1What I try to do :
After 3 years of Das Keyboard 3 (iso blank with black switches) and then 4 years of typematrix (blank, and, hum, scissor switches...), I'm waiting for ergodox successors like
Axios and the
K80CS / Katy.
But splitted keyboard don't seem to be easy to use on the go or on the couch, and axios won't be available before a long time. So I decided to create something else to keep using on the go when I will have an axios at home or at work.
- ortholinear (or maybe staggered like ergodox ?)
- more compact than typematrix
- symmetrical when possible (as many columns on right side than on left)
- hands further moved apart than typematrix, but on a single board unlike ergodox. The space between the hands will make room for the teensy, for a thinner case
- easy to get sculptured keycaps profile, based on 105 keys iso sets (no 1.5 modifiers madness), like WASD one
- fn layout with arrows
- lots of key shortcuts easy to do even with fn-layer keys (alt-f3, win-arrow, alt-enter, altgr-space, ...)
- left "fn" for momentary arrow session, and right "fn lock" for longer numpad session
- only the more easy to use key are used when I use my customized compact bépo layout (french dvorak)
- every iso keys should be available when I need to use a standard layout such as french azerty
- french azerty keycaps for colleagues, or during remote desktop session on computer without bépo
- maybe a partial hardware "azerty to bépo" conversion layout (complete support is impossible, since a lot of bépo keys don't exists on azerty or qwerty, contrary to "qwerty to dvorak" conversion layout)
- maybe a mouse layer
There is still some keys I'm not sure what to do with.
