GH60++ Layout Proposal
Playing with my new Choco Mini, I found that the extra column is quite handy. Without making the keyboard much wider, and no taller, one more column on the right could enable a bunch of cool things using the GH60 as a base:
- Inverted-T arrow cluster
- Programmable keys (5-8, depending)
To implement this using the prototype GH60 PCB, the case and/or plate would need to be widened by 1x keycap. Also, the Bakcspace key can't be split, and the Mod_R keys cannot all be 1x.
So for the moment, such a layout would require a case with a 5-key sub-frame and fewer 1x keys than optimal.
Below is a mockup of the GH60++ keyboard, including the Mod_R key cluster from the prototype PCB. I've included relegendable keycaps for the 1x keys that no one will ever agree upon. My preferred legends are shown. Yours are not.
As I design a universal 60% case (GH60, Poker & Mini M), I'll model the extension needed for the extra five keys and their support.
i look forward to any thoughts re this concept.
- Ron | samwisekoi