There is more Alice-Layouts than 40's and still some runners prefer not to include second B in base kit smh
Actually no. Decent kitting like Handarbeit R2 or Hazakura has all alice spacebars (including 2U) and second B in base kit. But even if there were no spacebars i still can use "0 Ins" keycap from numpad to cover my alice but its hard to find something to cover a second B.
The real question is: What's the reason to include 40's support in a base when 40's community is small af. I mean im okay with a separate kit for it, but not on a base kit, today there is over a 10 popular alice clones on a market and some runners still thinking that this is a minority that needs to buy a separate kit LOL its just driving me crazy when i see this. The hell with a spacebar but second B is a must in 2021 for any base kit
Sorry that I was unable to provide you with decent kitting, though I'm pretty sure you could technically cover an Alice board with just a base kit by leveraging shifts and the numpad 0s. I am opting for 3-key 40s support in the base kit because I think it kind of sucks to make 40s users buy an entire separate kit, from which they will probably only use a few keys, on top of a base kit. At least in this way users of these layouts can get physical coverage (some layouts will have incorrect legends in quite a few places, but compromises have to be made) for their boards in a kit that they are going to be purchasing anyway for comparatively low cost. For reference, I'm not a 40s user; I don't even like the layout. All that being said, there is still a chance that I move the second B to the base kit. I'm pretty sure there is a message mentioning that on the previous page.
Taking this reply as a chance for some general updates:
I am working on getting some more renders done. I've had some requests for other board colors, so I'm trying to get those along with some polycarb renders done. Unfortunately, it's taking longer than I'd like due to midterms, other university stuff, and just being bad at rendering in general.
The search for vendors is going well, and I hope to bring an update announcing them soon.
But yeah... I think that's about it for now. I appreciate all the comments/feedback.