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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: greenteei89 on Sun, 13 November 2016, 22:52:23
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Ive been thinking about getting a 40% keyboard for surfing the web and general typing. I am not the best typist so I definitely needed some things that arent offered in the current slew of 40 percent keyboards. I was looking for the following in the smallest form factor possible for the following things.
-Stagger
-Arrow Keys
-A full or close to full backspace
-Page up and page down
-Dvorak capabilities
-Split Spacebar
-Only additional key would be a 1.75u for enter key
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I have also made a layout with the [] and \ keys in lieu of a full backspace. Let me know if you guys see anything glaringly wrong with the layouts. I have put in an order for plates but thought I would ask for some input.
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Maybe consider splitting backspace too depending on how you feel. since it's dvorak compatible and I don't use right shift anyway (for design #2,3) I fully approve.
Dvorak people get no ~40% love :(
unfortunately 1.75u isn't really a standard size so you can do 1.5u in lieu of that (it's not a big deal depend on on your style) or you canget that size in one-off from SP or other or with a 1800 kit.
I like it though! If you get plates or PCBs printed, I'd get one and live the dvorak 45% dream.