I know there’s been a fair amount of infrastructure build up around the 60% case size, for instance alternate cases made of CNC'd wood or aluminum. It also overall seems like a nice portable size.
So I wondered what other kinds of layouts could fit in there. Here are a few of my quick ideas, but I’m curious what layouts other folks around here would be interested in, that would fit in that amount of space.
Symmetric stagger thingy:
Symmetric stagger with no number row, 40% style:
Standard row stagger, but with a bit more hand separation than usual, and some extra thumb keys:
Column stagger plus some rotation (still kinda 40%-ish):
(or maybe the center key would be best centered):
I tried to stick to 1u or 1.5u keys where possible, just to keep things simple and cut down on the number of stabilizers required.
Can anyone imagine using one of these layouts? Anything about them which would be a deal-breaker, or which should be added? Any favorites? Any alternative ideas?