Nah, it was an attempt at a poor joke! I'm not a massive fan of the TE. I thought it was cool when I first saw the pictures of it... But now, Meh.
For the moment at least I'm quite happy touch typing on a regular layout Topre board. If I ever get the itch to go back to a split layout, I would probably end up going for the uber expensive uTron (the idea of the non-matrix/reversed staggered left hand has grown on me).
I just don't think that the TE is that ergonomic. I think that the matrix layout only provides any benefit if your arms/hands are in a straight line; to achieve this, each half of the keyboard needs to be a fair distance apart or even better, separated. Having used the typematrix which is very similar to the TE layout, I think it would only make sense if you had arms coming out of the front of your chest at a 90 degree angle. Look at the TE picture and tell me that pressing HY would be more comfortable on this board than it would be on a regular board. Your hands are simply not in the right position for it to make sense (the two half are not angled enough). For me the uTron makes total sense with the reverse stagger on the left hand.
In short:
When the keyboard halves are close together, standard layout is more comfortable than matirx. When the keyboard is split far enough apart, matrix is better. uTron layout wins overall.
