Won't lie, I have only read the first page of comments because I just came across this and it is now 12 pages deep.
Did you decide whether to ad split space back into the design? I LOVE this board but would be fully sold only if it had the split space. A 6 or 7u key has a TON of wasted space, tbh, so chopping even just in half allows for more functionality that ever.
Think about it, 99% of people use 1 thumb and hit the space within a 1-2u area, leaving so much space wasted.
75% is basically a more compact version of a tkl. Idk why you would ever need split space on this layout tbh. Plus just because space is "wasted" doesnt mean that it SHOULD be cut up.
Remsky, you are right. Just because space is "wasted" doesn't mean that it SHOULD be cut up. Yet this hobby is here for the idea that people are allowed to express their interest in changes to board, purchase boards that work for them...we are allowed to have a difference of opinion on what is the most ideal layout for each person. I could own an 1800 layout and still want split space. Why? Because I only use 1-2u worth of space for "space" and the rest of that space in a standard spacebar has been dedicated to backspace and enter, which I can now hit with shorter movement of my hands, especially since my thumb now rests directly over the backspace.
It isn't about whether I have enough keys to do what I want, a 40% works just as well for my day to day use as a full board does, it is about what is comfortable and efficient for ME to type on so I simply asked if he had put more thought into it since it had been an idea. That would have sold me immediately on the board but now I have to think about whether I need another "standard" board.
My daily boards are ergodox and a Banana, which both have the backspace/space/enter on the thumb cluster area so I am so used to the movement that I consistently mess up when typing on any other keyboard. For this reason I have a number of beautiful boards sitting here that get little use because of this. It is my opinion, my boards, and what works for me and I am happy to just be me and the one who likes it, yet I also respect people such as yourself that believe a full size space is ideal.
Saying that, I am saddened that the board will not, at least, support the option for split space and I will now have to think a bit more on whether it is for me to join this GB but I still appreciate what the runner has done with breaking up the standard 75% and do not fault at all that what I enjoy is not there.