Absolutely love this set. I would love to see some proper ISO kits though, not a fan of the ANSI-ISO mash-up at all.
Hey, 8BitDuck, I appreciate the kind words! Regarding ISO, I'll admit that I was not sure what to do. Knowing I need to maximize compatibility, but also affordability, I asked some people who have run GMK GBs in the past, while also looking to see what other GMK sets have done. The current ISO makeup is the conclusion of that bit of research.
Also, out of the feedback form that is up, 86% said that they do not use ISO and only 10% said they did AND we're ok with the current ISO makeup. So that leaves less than 4% of people that gave feedback concerning the ISO makeup. Knowing that info, I'd like to keep the ISO kit as-is.
HOWEVER, if you just need one key added in order to be satisfied, I'll definitely consider it. But please let me know soon as we are supposed to be submitting a quote to GMK next week or the week after.
I'm really liking the deskmats! I'd most likely buy it regardless of which design ends up getting picked.
Adding my comments from the form here as well.
- "pases" is spelled wrong on all examples, should be "passes".
- I prefer A, since I like the clearly indicated orbit lines, instead of the solid fill circles.
- I would suggest using the wording "Jupiter flyby" and "Saturn flyby" instead of "passes at its closest to Jupiter" or "passes Saturn".
- I agree with vewy_nice that it's important to make sure the small text will be readable with the resolution available for deskpad printing.
Thanks for the feedback, BrainBunker! It's great to be able to collab. with you and the other fine folks who are supporting this keyset.
Thanks for catching those typos. Those have already been corrected in the raw design file. I also like using "flyby" instead of "passes" and I'll make that change too. Finally, I too am worried about the text legibility. We'll have some samples mats made first before mass-producing all the orders so we can check readability and other quality concerns.
As for the results of the poll, I'll be filling you all in on that before the weekend is over. I think you all will be quite pleased! It may or may not be a surprise. I don't want to say anymore for fear of giving it away.