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Is the Alice layout actually ergonomic?
MajorKoos:
Sadly not.
it was a one-off GB that ran years ago.
Next closest thing is the FLX Virgo:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104617.0
nevin:
you could pretty easily recreate it with a spaced plate handwire or sandwich style (stacked) layered case (if that would be acceptable)
Findecanor:
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--- Quote from: Findecanor on Mon, 04 January 2021, 13:39:37 ---Others might yell at you to get a columnar or ortholinear ("ortho") keyboard (because that is what they use) but I think those would require more tenting to avoid forearm pronation than with staggered keyboards.
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I do not see how would columnar design require more tenting.
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I think most people type with the right hand having a slight wrist angle against the keyboard plane on row-staggered keyboards, whereas the wrist is often perfectly parallel to the keyboard plane on columnar keyboards.
There is a lot of variation on how people type on the left side of a traditional row-staggered keyboard. Some people orient their hands so that the columns become Y-G-V, T-F-C, etc. in which case there is some wrist angle on that side as well.
MajorKoos:
LZ Ergo is what got me into the keyboard hobby in the first place.
LZ Ergo, TS65 and 3 x VE.A
I recently ported the LZ Ergo and VE.A to QMK + VIA :)
3d printed Alice clones
An Em.7 and a Prime Elise
My Favorite LZ Ergo
Good old Ergodox. Hate the layout.
The SP-111 turned out way nicer than I expected and is my #2 favorite ergo.
LZ Physix. Alice in a 65% layout that makes sense.
pmdbt:
--- Quote ---LZ Ergo is what got me into the keyboard hobby in the first place.
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Amazing collection, thank you so much for sharing!!! I'm going to keep an eye out for any upcoming ergo group buys :)
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