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Smaller layout fullsize keyboard?
jamster:
I started using a keyboard at around the age of ten. I'm sure that part of this was that I had nothing to compare it to, but I remember absolutely loving the experience of the toy that could do interesting things, rather than being troubled by key spacing. Ditto the manual typewriter I started using several years before that.
My kids started using keyboards from 6 years old and were on Mavis Beacon by 7. They're incredibly adaptable, no physical issues.
Conversely, as I get old, I find the traditional keyboard layout too cramped and sometimes type on a split board (and am in the process of building a second split board). The downside here is the incredibly non-standard key layout.
1800 is close enough to 'standard' fullsize that adaptation is incredibly easy (I have used both interchangably)
Faceman76:
What you're looking for doesn't appear to exist. The closest thing to tighter switch spacing would be an Ergo from Maltron or Kinesis.
https://www.maltron.com/store/p20/Maltron_L90_dual_hand_fully_ergonomic_%283D%29_keyboard_-_US_English.html
https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2/
But if my 4&5 year olds and wife with tiny hands can use a 1800 with BOX Navy switches, I have a hard time seeing why anyone else wouldn't be able to.
Chalkboard:
HarkPtooie:
Thank you for your thoughts!
My kid is currently on a Lenovo, and she seems to like it a lot.
https://www.ubergizmo.com/2020/01/lenovo-thinkpad-trackpoint-keyboard-ii/
I am still thinking that a condensed standard would be a good thing, but since the need is not that dire anymore and the threshold to building one myself is a bit too steep, I guess the Lenovo will suffice for the time being.
RealET:
I recently made my girlfriend a 95% scaled keyboard, and as others have pointed out, the limiting factor is the keycap size. It is hard to find pre-made caps which are much narrower than about 18mm. However, it is certainly possible to 3D print caps, which I am planning to try once I finish up some other ongoing projects :P. Then I could make a board quite easily that has a pitch down to something like 15.5mm or so.
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