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« Last post by zslane on Fri, 19 April 2024, 10:48:03 »
I use Windows at home and Linux at work, and I use the same type of keyboard for both (conventional full size ANSI/QWERTY). I could use the same keyboard for a Mac if I ever became a Mac user (again). I don't understand the need to switch keyboards because of the OS, and I'm someone who has used a lot of different OSes in my day. I also dislike chording; anything more than the occasional Ctrl+<key> when I'm in a text editor and I'm going to be frustrated, which means anything smaller than 60% (with my iPad, for instance) is out of the question for me. I have difficulty grasping why anyone would enjoy all the chording nonsense required for a 40% (or smaller) board.
Having said that, I'm not a "the bigger the better" person. I don't like the space consumed by IBM "battleships", and I think the only big keyboard I would willingly put on my desk would be a Space Cadet. So while I prefer a full ANSI layout, I don't want it living in a huge case with wide bezels and large gaps between key sections. There's a way to make full size keyboards compact without making robbing them of all the ergonomic benefits of a proper full size ANSI layout. I just wish more of the companies who cater to the mech keyboard market today would take their lovely 60-65-75-80% designs and apply that design language to full size products.