deskthority

The 01 and 100 are subsequent revisions of that firm's flagship split keyboard. The Model 01 was the first design and used Alps pattern switches, the 100 is the current version and replaced those with hot-swap MX style. Both have wooden enclosures, solid feet mounting system to allow for tenting, and make heavy use of RGB lighting. They also have unique key caps to create the pleasing curved design.



Whilst I do not own either of these models myself, I am enthusiastic about the firm through being an Atreus customer, and would like to share my knowledge. My intention is to start an article on the wiki (which is out of action atm) so in the meantime hope this thread might provide useful discussion to that end. For instance: should the two models have their own pages or can I simply refer to the model 01 as a predecessor within the entry for the current Model 100?

I am also fully invested in Kaleidoscope firmware which is an open source system originally developed for the 01 and has been developed to run subsequent keyboards both within and outside the keyboardio range. I am also hoping to add an article on this (and its associated Chrysalis configuration tool) when the wiki is working.

Finally, in checking existing threads before starting this topic, I see that Jesse (the firm's founder) reached out to us as part of the research process back in 2014!

Are you the gentleman who bought Deskthority?

Nope, that’s news to me. Wish somebody would fix Wiki tho: if I owned the place I’d get somebody to do it right away.

When in op I said I was invested in kaleidoscope I meant in terms of setting up my key maps with it and stuff, rather than literally buying up all these things, if that’s what gave you the idea:)

Beautiful! Looks more like a musical instrument than a keyboard.

While I don't mind split keyboards (for a touch typist it's the same, you just have hands in a different angle), those keys aligned to vertical columns (e.g. Q A Z) instead of normal angle would give me a tough time. Why...?

paperWasp wrote: 08 Feb 2025, 20:02 ...those keys aligned to vertical columns (e.g. Q A Z) instead of normal angle would give me a tough time. Why...?

Look at your hands The middle finger projects further than the two either side and the little finger is shorter still. The columns are staggered to reflect this. I find that after switching to staggered columns the position of the hands becomes much easier to keep correct, because each finger "learns" which column(s) it should cover, whereas with traditional row staggered I never thought in those terms.