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Might help to have the colors for minimal umka U9 and ivory next to each other. Pixelpusher has photos of the first 3 in the GMK sixes thread in a variety of colors.I'll probably do that, thanks!
i like it, my only problem is that it looks just like a lighter version of this: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102535.0
TBH, I think "muted" alpha color (RAL 085 90 10) with "bold" legends (CR?) would look best.
Also, and I have to ask this on every set I'm interested in recently, would you please consider adding in either a text or text+icon mod kit?Depends on interest, I'll see about adding a bottom row icon kit
That's what I'm planning to do!TBH, I think "muted" alpha color (RAL 085 90 10) with "bold" legends (CR?) would look best.
agree
I mentioned this on Reddit, but surely the lighter color kit can be done with GMK stock colors, right?Correct. I will probably do accents with GMK CB, but for the keys I may have to stick with one custom color.
Please consider R5 bottom row :)
Thread updated, more information will roll out soon.
any chance for text mods? or even all iconIt's personal preference really, just what I decided on when making the renders. Some sets do this, especially Dixie-run sets. Might change when I make the kits, but for now I think it'll stay this way.
cause you have made it half icon and half text and im not sure why you would do that tbh
any chance for text mods? or even all icon
cause you have made it half icon and half text and im not sure why you would do that tbh
any chance for text mods? or even all icon
cause you have made it half icon and half text and im not sure why you would do that tbh
Lots of sets do it this way, full icon mods aren't popular (personally I find them to be ugly, at least with the GMK style icons).
Using icons on backspace, shift, tab, caps lock and enter while leaving the rest as text may seem illogical, but for many it looks a lot better.
It's also the way Cherry made their icon mods:Show Image(https://i.redd.it/lgojtqbxi36y.jpg)
(someone can correct me, but I believe ANSI boards were made with icon + text mods and ISO boards were icon only)
would this look good with GMK black modi?
ePBT
What is the price likely to be on this?Base kit is likely to be less than $90.
Will there be a stepped caps included in the kit? very nice inclusion of UK ISO support btwYes, there will be stepped caps. I have actually included an international kit, so there will be more support in an alternate kit.
That is great news all-around. GL with the coming GB!What is the price likely to be on this?Base kit is likely to be less than $90.Will there be a stepped caps included in the kit? very nice inclusion of UK ISO support btwYes, there will be stepped caps. I have actually included an international kit, so there will be more support in an alternate kit.
+1 for 40s kit since it still has a question mark on it :DAnother +1 for 40s. Super excited to see this go into gb soon!
would this look good with GMK black modi?
Mixing plastics is considered sacrilegious by some.
This is a sweet set and I like the cause, but when about will pricing be available?Most likely within a week.
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Ok I’m in
What is the price likely to be on this?Base kit is likely to be less than $90.
Good update! Couple lingering issues in the base kit, though:Thanks for that, I seemed to have gotten a little confused while making the new changes. I'll fix that.
- The R3 1.5U \| is still present twice. Delete the one in the lower R3.
- R1 End and Page Down are missing. OTOH, they're present twice in R4: in the base kit and in the numpad kit. The solution is to leave the numpad as is and move those two R4 keys in the base kit down to R1.
When's the GB starting?
Only found this out thanks to yesterday’s Reddit post but I’ll definitely join, love the cause!
As the two person above me have said - any change of a novelty ISO enter key? 👀❤️
Great update and love the mods. I will go in on this when it goes live. What about a novelty ISO enter?
Sorry guys, I'm unfortunately not planning for an ISO enter novelty. :(Only found this out thanks to yesterday’s Reddit post but I’ll definitely join, love the cause!
As the two person above me have said - any change of a novelty ISO enter key? 👀❤️Great update and love the mods. I will go in on this when it goes live. What about a novelty ISO enter?
Haha, I like the way you guys (also) think! ;D
Sorry guys, I'm unfortunately not planning for an ISO enter novelty. :(
i wonder if it would help or hinder the international kit to meet the MOQ.Child kits have no MOQ :thumb:
what are the numbers btw? i'm afraid i have to wait around before buying into if the int kit lags behind.
i wonder if it would help or hinder the international kit to meet the MOQ.Child kits have no MOQ :thumb:
what are the numbers btw? i'm afraid i have to wait around before buying into if the int kit lags behind.
Hey, I'm loving the colors and kits after the update. I also think the tribal deskmat looks really nice. Those patterns remind me of traditional Serbian embroidery (although ours never had anything to do with elephants). :D I have some suggestions for a few of the kits, which I hope you'll take into consideration.
A few things I noticed about the icons kit:
- If you're going to support 1.5u Super (♢) keys for Mac and OG-style HHKB bottom rows, there should be two 1u Alt (⎇) keys as well.
- The Super (♢) icons look at a tad too large to me.
- The Raise (⥣) / Lower (⥥) icons look a tad too large and too thick. Try making them the same relative size as the PgUp/PgDn icons.
- It would be nice to see R2 PgUp (⭻), R1 PgDn (⭽) icons, but I understand if you decide not to include these as the kit is already decently sized. In that case, what you could do instead is add a single R2 Raise (⥣) key, which, together with a R1 Lower (⥥) key, could stand in for R2 PgUp, R1 PgDn.
Also, the base kit:
- Consider changing R1 1.25u Menu to Fn. 1.25u Fn is very commonly used on 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL and full-size keyboards. If you make this change, you can remove the 1.25u Fn key from the Nomad kit. However, if you really want to keep Menu, please add Fn alongside it for those of us who need it (although I don't think this is necessary because Fn is a versatile legend that can also work as a Menu key).
- Consider using <> instead of \| for the R1 ISO key (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=90706.msg2894820#msg2894820) in the base kit. This will help avoid a duplicate legend that some ISO users have been complaining about.
Finally, the spacebar kit:
- Are the 6u spacebars centered stem or off-centered stem?
- 1.75u space isn't used on any keyboards outside of the following 40% boards: Vortex Core (1×), Daisy (1×), JD40/45 (2×). For that reason I don't think it's worth including a 1.75u accent space key in the spacebar kit.
- You might want to include an alpha-colored 1.25u space key either in the spacebar kit or the Nomad kit for Alice users who prefer to use the 2u+1.25u left space configuration, as well as for users who like to split 6.25u spacebars as 2.25u+1.25u+2.75u and want to use alpha-colored keys to do it.
GL with the upcoming GB!
Man your department has you working hard lol
Man your department has you working hard lol
Thankfully the PoPo hasn't been hit hard by the pandemic.
Hey, I'm loving the colors and kits after the update. I also think the tribal deskmat looks really nice. Those patterns remind me of traditional Serbian embroidery (although ours never had anything to do with elephants :D). I have some suggestions for a few of the kits, which I hope you'll take into consideration.Thank you so much for the suggestions! I'm taking most of them into account. Don't worry about how the legends look in the icon kit, it's not what EPBT will use to align and size the legends, and the raise and lower keys are not what they look like in the render; they fit more. The 6u spacebars in the spacebar kit are centered.
A few things I noticed about the icons kit:
- If you're going to support 1.5u Super (♢) keys for Mac and OG-style HHKB bottom rows, there should be two 1u Alt (⎇) keys as well (currently there's only one).
- The Super (♢) icons look at a tad too large to me.
- The Raise (⥣) / Lower (⥥) icons look a tad too large and too thick. Try making them the same relative size as the PgUp/PgDn icons.
- It would be nice to see R2 PgUp (⭻), R1 PgDn (⭽) icons, but I understand if you decide not to include these as the kit is already decently sized. In that case, what you could do instead is add a single R2 Raise (⥣) key, which, together with a R1 Lower (⥥) key, could stand in for R2 PgUp, R1 PgDn.
Also, the base kit:
- Consider changing R1 1.25u Menu to Fn. 1.25u Fn is very commonly used on 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL and full-size keyboards. If you make this change, you can remove the 1.25u Fn key from the Nomad kit. However, if you really want to keep Menu, please add Fn alongside it for those of us who need it (although I don't think this is necessary because Fn is a versatile legend that can also work as a Menu key).
- Consider using <> instead of \| for the R1 ISO key (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=90706.msg2894820#msg2894820) in the base kit. This will help avoid a duplicate legend that some ISO users have been complaining about.
Finally, the spacebar kit:
- Are the 6u spacebars centered stem or off-centered stem?
- 1.75u space isn't used on any keyboards outside of the following 40% boards: Vortex Core (1×), Daisy (1×), JD40/45 (2×). For that reason I don't think it's worth including a 1.75u accent space key in the spacebar kit.
- You might want to include an alpha-colored 1.25u space key either in the spacebar kit or the Nomad kit for Alice users who prefer to use the 2u+1.25u left space configuration, as well as for users who like to split 6.25u spacebars as 2.25u+1.25u+2.75u and want to use alpha-colored keys to do it.
GL with the upcoming GB!
I think I speak for everyone when I say, ergo kit!
I think I speak for everyone when I say, ergo kit!
epbt doesnt have ergo molds
Thank you so much for the suggestions! I'm taking most of them into account. Don't worry about how the legends look in the icon kit, it's not what EPBT will use to align and size the legends, and the raise and lower keys are not what they look like in the render; they fit more. The 6u spacebars in the spacebar kit are centered.
Kono doesn’t have a product page up for it yet? That seems odd given the imminence of the GB.
For some odd reason, the desk pads are on a different link and currently not selectable. Are they different transaction with separate shipping?
P.S - My first groupbuy, apologies if question is stupid.
For some odd reason, the desk pads are on a different link and currently not selectable. Are they different transaction with separate shipping?
P.S - My first groupbuy, apologies if question is stupid.
This is a very good question. My guess is that the link is still under construction. Mats often, but not always, ship separately from the caps but this is per set and per vendor. It's likely that's the case here but your vendor should spell that out for you on their webpage.
Kono is stating the caps are doubleshot PBT :thumb:
Prett set and a great cause you are supporting!Thanks for catching that! I'll make sure to fix it.
Not sure if someone else spotted it yet, but the row numbers on the numpad seem to be wrong. You have 7,8,9 in R4, but qwerty is in R3. They should be in the same row, and 4,5,6 should be R2, 1,2,3 R1. Probably just an error in the picture, but I wanted to point it out. Good luck iwth the GB!
Very cheap to get the full elephant F row:o smart. Are you buying two novelty kits?
The set is priced very attractively, but mykeyboard charges so much more it's actually cheaper for me to order from the Kono store, even though I'm ordering from Europe :confused:
also quick topical note for people that perhaps don't understand the cause - "save the elephants" does NOT imply "don't save the other animals".
How does the color of the base alphas compare to the color of the alphas and/or modifiers on the ePBT 9009 set? I have the 9009 set, and am trying to see if some of the kits in this set would color match the 9009, and having difficulties properly converting color codes (in part because I can't even find color codes for ePBT 9009, only the very similar GMK 9009).
How does the color of the base alphas compare to the color of the alphas and/or modifiers on the ePBT 9009 set? I have the 9009 set, and am trying to see if some of the kits in this set would color match the 9009, and having difficulties properly converting color codes (in part because I can't even find color codes for ePBT 9009, only the very similar GMK 9009).