deskthority

The layout has now evolved to account for your insights. I think it's more useable. I'm still learning typing French (at keybr.com, they look good...), still no pain in the hands. Started moving hands, but more "hovering" than "back and forth" (don't know how to say it better... I move more on the ...

That would imply the foot pedal is inside the shoes, not the ground... Which would be strange... But we are drifting...

Could make the diacritics available on center matrix left and right columns, with numbers on "NumLock" (not a big fan of "modal layers" or "locking layers", much prefer "semi modal") Will give it a try, possibly.

Sorry about the number of keys: I didn't want it to cost twice what it cost me to ...

Apart logical layout, which I can always adapt (nearly daily), what do you think of physical layout? Is it flawed, or do my mistakes lie only in software?

You're right : some french words are a bit tricky to type, i'll have to adapt the fn-1 row using stats on digrams instead of single chars. It is still work in progress... had to start somewhere. Still, I didn't find much of these typing a rather long article on that keyboard's genesis (in french ...

(I have updated the layout on github to match recent changes, mostly due to the lag I found difficult to work with on fn-1 "tap action" : you want no lag at all on frequently used keys like parentheses)

It is used on function layer, while holding fn-1, under left thumb. After few hours usage, I can say my hands do nearly not move, only slightly on top and bottom row. I can type with wrists at rest on the desk. However, I have some special combos that require motion, mostly with F keys, but this is ...

I'm not 100% sure moving letters one row below is really an improvement. It is mostly neutral I think. But I see a real difference in not having lateral motion, and having (tho its only 19mm...) more separation : My shoulders are more open (I even breath better), and top back less constrained.

Hoh well, I'll try to update it as soon as possible. I'll type something more useful. But please trust me: as my layout is statistically placed, most key presses occur on home row, and my hands move less than in this demo, because I use far more the home row than multi modifiers combos (maybe not ...

Hoh, and I forgot to mention: You can get the layout at github, print it full size (it fits a single A4 page, not sure about letter size, but should be fine) and give it a try. Its funny to do, and not that expensive...

I got the very same question somewhere else, and been asked to do a video. Here it is: VMLMNMQ-xIU

You can see the hands barely move. The pinkies only get 3 easily accessible keys, the 4th one being kind of "protected", for rarely used or destructive keys (escape? §?)

The thumbs are used for what ...

Hi everybody,

I just released the S.I.K., a mechanical, ergonomic, compact keyboard. It is handmade, with love. It is on GitHub, for you to build (I built one, it works like a charm...)

https://github.com/mathieubolla/sik_keyboard

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mathieubolla/sik_keyboard ...