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geekhack Community => Ergonomics => Topic started by: deepthawt on Sun, 30 December 2012, 16:45:36

Title: What layout is this
Post by: deepthawt on Sun, 30 December 2012, 16:45:36
The layout of this Zowie Celeritas keyboard has the adjacent / and \ keys and the large L shaped Return key.

Is there a way to describe a keyboard layout? I'd like to find other keyboards with this layout.

Nice layout for programming i think.
Title: Re: What layout is this
Post by: asura on Sun, 30 December 2012, 16:53:00
A modified US ISO?  Short right shift, instead of short left shift... I honestly have no idea, but yes, it does look pretty good.
Title: Re: What layout is this
Post by: davkol on Sun, 30 December 2012, 16:59:32
ISO? I don't think so. Big-ass enter is quite common on vintage keyboards and in Asia, but I guess it isn't part of any notable standard.
Title: Re: What layout is this
Post by: TheGrey on Sun, 30 December 2012, 17:07:36
its the father of the ISO enter key...as you can clearly see...note the left appendage....kidding! Tbh I've been wanting to know this too...curious to find out.  Time to lurk this thread.
Title: Re: What layout is this
Post by: razorsharpgears on Sun, 30 December 2012, 17:24:38
That is the exact same layout of the SteelSeries 6GV2.
Title: Re: What layout is this
Post by: TheGrey on Sun, 30 December 2012, 17:49:46
..ahh the plot thickens...
Title: Re: What layout is this
Post by: deepthawt on Mon, 31 December 2012, 08:59:48
summary:
so an ISO style big-ass enter with a short right shift
possibly from an Asian or Japanese physical layout.
Currently seen in the Zowie Celiritas and SteelSeries 6GV2.
nice!
I'm going to keep my eyes open for one of these perhaps older with ALPS switches as well
Title: Re: What layout is this
Post by: jeroplane on Mon, 31 December 2012, 09:42:56
Quote from: deepthawt on Mon, 31 December 2012, 08:59:48
summary:
so an ISO style big-ass enter with a short right shift
possibly from an Asian or Japanese physical layout.
Currently seen in the Zowie Celiritas and SteelSeries 6GV2.
nice!
I'm going to keep my eyes open for one of these perhaps older with ALPS switches as well


Not exactly...

ISO layout is indeed characterised by a larger enter, but it looks like the shape in the image below, replacing the Enter and |\ key on ANSI boards (ANSI is the US standard). ISO boards will also have a short Left Shift as, depending on the language, there is usually an extra punctuation key next to the Left Shift. There is also an extra punctuation key to the left of the bottom half of the big Enter key. This layout is more commonly a European standard.

(http://deskthority.net/w/images/thumb/b/b7/ISO_layout_basic.svg/616px-ISO_layout_basic.svg.png)
(Image courtesy of Deskthority (http://deskthority.net/wiki/ISO))

The layout of the board in the original post is closer to ANSI, not ISO. It's basically ANSI with a big-ass Enter and the |\ key put in place of part of the usual long Right Shift.