A New Layout

[Vozella]

What do you think of this new layout? I tried to make a layout where it's a matrix design but I can still buy keycap sets. Is there any way I can improve it?
http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/436649dbabce33d98bb5

Edit: Took some advice from suicidal_orange.

[ideus]

What benefits the layout is suppose to have?

[Vozella]

What benefits the layout is suppose to have?

I wanted to keep the keys in a straight line, or a matrix design while still being able to fully use keycap sets.

[suicidal_orange]

Probably comes down to personal preference but I can touch type "-" so putting backspace in it's place would be very annoying.  I would also be tempted to shift the bottom row left 0.25 but the arrows only 0.125 making a little gap around them so they're easier to find.

Other than that it looks good and achieves what you set out to do

[Vozella]

Probably comes down to personal preference but I can touch type "-" so putting backspace in it's place would be very annoying.  I would also be tempted to shift the bottom row left 0.25 but the arrows only 0.125 making a little gap around them so they're easier to find.

Other than that it looks good and achieves what you set out to do

I can touch type too. The reason I put it closer to the hands is because it gets farther away when I align the keys and it gets too far away for my prefrence.

Like this?

[suicidal_orange]

Not quite, "=" is not really useful while typing so I was thinking of the other option as in the raw data below (can't work out how to get a friendly link )  I also tweaked the arrows to what I was thinking.

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[Vozella]

Not quite, "=" is not really useful while typing so I was thinking of the other option as in the raw data below (can't work out how to get a friendly link )  I also tweaked the arrows to what I was thinking.

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Oh. I see. That's a good idea.

[Findecanor]

1.75 Shift keys aren't that unusual. You could have that align with the Caps Lock.