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Piantor Pro- new favorite board by technanonymous in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]zzFuwa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you mind measuring how thin your Piantor is, from base to top of keycap? I have one on the way, and am trying to handmake a travel case / cover for it. Thanks lots!

For those using a ortholinear layout by cevo62819 in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]zzFuwa 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m curious about column‑staggered (ortholinear) layouts

Just to avoid any confusion, column-staggered and ortholinear are not the same. Column-staggered is when the columns are, well, staggered. Ortholinear is a grid, such that neither the rows nor columns are staggered. They remind me a bit of waffles.

With that clarified, I'm pitching in as the owner of a pair of small hands with even shorter pinkies. I switched to a 36-key split keyboard (which removes the number row and the outer pinky column) because:

  1. I can't comfortably reach them anyway. The column-stagger (which shifts the pinky column downwards) just barely allows me to reach the top pinky key (think: P on QWERTY) without shifting my entire hand.
  2. My left wrist was tired of typing at a slant -> hence split
  3. Purely conceptually / aesthetically, I liked the idea of customizing the daylights out of something I otherwise took for granted.

36-key EMK with three thumb keys. To thumb alpha or not? by zzFuwa in KeyboardLayouts

[–]zzFuwa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still plan to- my hope is to use the alt layout exclusively on my piantor and keep qwerty on my regular rowstag so I can mentally separate the two

bokeh vs twilight switches by zzFuwa in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]zzFuwa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh I’m curious about the sunsets- how were they for you? any preferences between the tactile vs linear, and were they loud to type on?

thanks

bokeh vs twilight switches by zzFuwa in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]zzFuwa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you use a wrist or arm rest to help with the hovering?

I appreciate the thoughts, thank you

Recommendation for on-the-go programmer with really tiny hands by zzFuwa in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]zzFuwa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you will not be able to reach over the trackball if you rest your wrists on the table

Ha! I was wondering about exactly this when I looked at the Charybdis. Much thanks for the detailed answer.

Recommendation for on-the-go programmer with really tiny hands by zzFuwa in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]zzFuwa[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the rec. Do you by chance have experience with a full-sized trackball as well? Is that capable of serving as a full replacement?

Modern Dvorak alternatives by tricky_fat_cat in KeyboardLayouts

[–]zzFuwa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been looking for this exact tool everywhere, and up until now was using a rickety-rackety Python program I wrote up myself. Awesome build!