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FinishingDutch t1_iyczje7 wrote

Honestly, I'm amazed people can actually type on membrane keyboards, much less type on them all day.

I'm a professional writer. A good keyboard enhances my productivity. It's not a luxury, it's a necessity. Hence why I'm using a custom built ErgoDox at work with a nice 1976 keycap set on it. I upgraded to that from a KBP V60.

The keyboard was quite the crowd pleaser when it first used it there. Few people outside this hobby have seen anything besides a regular keyboard :D

I also like the obscure nature of it and all the blank keys. It means nobody ever steals my keyboard since nobody else can type on my unique layout.

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thorcik t1_iyedh4w wrote

My colleague wanted to check something on my work PC today. Tried to type on my Redox, couldn't find the backspace, surrendered.

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FinishingDutch t1_iyei6jk wrote

Yeah, I can imagine :D I put that one in a pretty logical place, even though it's not labelled: top right key, where it would be on a normal board. Since that's what I'm used to.

I've explained the whole 'weird keyboard thing' to colleagues. It's a completely different way of thinking about keyboards. You don't adapt your fingers to where the keys are, you adapt the keys to where you want them and where your fingers "expect" them to be.

I also set it up to do some wacky things compared to normal boards. For example, I use a work iMac and don't need the F-keys. So those aren't on the board. I also never use caps lock. So I didn't program that either. There ARE however two backspaces, two spacebars, but only a left pinky shift key, since I never use my right pinky for shift anyway. So that's where I put enter.

The end result is a board that tends to type pretty much like a normal board with very little fat, and some extra handy keys that I use often. When you type a LOT like I do, anything that helps productivity is pretty welcome.

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amuro_rei t1_iyf9wbw wrote

I'm touch typist so wouldn't bother me. 😉

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