Here is my feedback for the kits. All row numbers are given using Keyreative's numbering scheme (R4 = number row, R1 = Shift and bottom row). It took a while to go through everything, so I hope it's not too late to make these adjustments :) In general, kits look good except for what's listed below.
Thank you for the extensive list of suggestions. Very appreciated. I have amended most of the fixes so I won't be replying to them here. Only the things that I don't think are so straight forward or things I don't agree with.
Alphas kits
- The 7u spacebar could be moved back to Mods.
- Sub-60% boards that use 7u are rare. I can think of just a couple: Cajal, Nightmare, The Ave. I may be missing one or two lesser-known boards, but I've checked with the 40% Discord and I think that's about all of them.
- It might therefore make sense to drop 7u from Alphas to make the kit lighter for the majority of 40s, ortho and ergo users who don't need that key.
- Note that this is not the case with 6.25u as there are many 40s boards that use this spacebar size.
- On the other hand, it has been pointed out (thanks eski) that it'd be good if 7u stayed in Alphas for purposes of mixing BoW alphas with WoB mods (and vice-versa).
- Action points: Optionally, move 7u spacebar from Alphas to Mods.
Yes just like you say it is for mixing WoB, BoW. Since I do not have accent kits I want to at least make it simple/cheap to mix with the current setup.
Mac kits
- It seems odd to include icon R1 ⌘ keys if the bottom row is always text-only.
- This would make the bottom row look like: Control, Option, ⌘, <space>, ⌘, Option, Control.
- Action points: If this isn't intended, remove R1 ⌘ keys from Mac.
This was actually a request from several Mac users since it was text only from the start. They would rather have just that one icon rather than not. So I kept both text and icon version in there. So this one stays as is.
Ergo kits
Ergo kits — Changed row number on bottom R1 to R2
Are you sure you made this change? The bottom row keys are still labeled R1 in the kits.- Most (all?) KAT sets with ergo kits so far have had the bottom row on the main clusters be R2.
- I believe this is so that the bottom row would be more comfortable to type on, and also so that it would be level with the R2 keys on the thumb clusters.
- Here is a photo of an ErgoDox set that uses a R1 bottom row instead of R2 (granted, this is OEM profile). The bottom row sort of sticks out.
- Action points: Change bottom row labels from R1 to R2 in Ergo.
There seems to be some disagreements on this. So will hold off for now and try to get this sorted asap. If any Ergo users here agree or disagree please voice your opinion.
Legends & other
- There is a typographical inconsistency between the double quote and apostrophe legends.
- The former uses curly quotes (”), while the latter uses a straight apostrophe (').
- I would suggest changing the double quotes to be straight ("), not only for consistency, but also because that's what the key outputs on all layouts.
- Action points: Change ” legends to ".
Correct. Both ways are actually common but it is not so common to mix them. I did this to distinguish them from eachother but you are correct, they should be using one style. Will fix this.
- I would like to see System replace Code as the primary OS key legend in the mod kits (as is the case in 40s, Ortho and Ergo), but I understand if you don't want to change this as it's down to preference.
- My (semi-objective) reasons for suggesting this are outlined here (§3).
- Additionally, this would make all of the kits in the set consistent in their usage of System and Code keys. Consistency is good to have.
- Action points: If you do want to make the change, swap the places of Code and System legends in Mods and Extra Mods (using Sys for 1u keys).
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I prefer System myself, and I also don't think the kits mentioned need to be aligned that way but I will think about what I do with this.
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