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Title: I hope to get your suggestions on the design of Alice's keyboard
Post by: GDK Lab on Wed, 08 May 2024, 22:58:09

Hello everyone, this is GDK_Lab, we started the design of Alice keyboard in October last year, so far, the design has come to an end, we named this Alice keyboard: Gallop. I hope you enjoy it.
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Title: Re: I hope to get your suggestions on the design of Alice's keyboard
Post by: mashie on Tue, 21 May 2024, 07:34:26

I guess it is different for the sake of being different.

I personally would hate running that layout with lack of Fn keys accessible by either hand. The PG UP/PG DOWN/HOME/END on the left is just bad.

Title: Re: I hope to get your suggestions on the design of Alice's keyboard
Post by: wjrii on Tue, 21 May 2024, 08:56:22

Quote from: mashie on Tue, 21 May 2024, 07:34:26

I guess it is different for the sake of being different.

I personally would hate running that layout with lack of Fn keys accessible by either hand. The PG UP/PG DOWN/HOME/END on the left is just bad.

I can't speak to this keyboard or maker specifically, but this layout is not at all exotic for Alice keyboards.  Almost all that I've seen are FRL, and many include a "macro row" on the left.  Kitting it out with nav keys is a pretty simple solution, but as long as it's remappable you can put whatever you want there.