Two Alt keys and no space bar?
I want a keyboard that is just one main key with 100 or so modifier keys surrounding it.
Let’s embrace that stenotype life.
At least you still can press Alt+F4
You cab remap it to required less finger gymnastics… I prefer super+q, personally.
No Z key ?
Alphabet didn’t turn enough profit this quarter, so they had to make some difficult choices and cut their less used options
You’ve got an ‘S’ key, so that’s enough.
Perfect for ordering some pissa
Fun fact: “pissa” means piss in Finnish
But can you still order it online?
No ‘a’, so it’s perfect for ordering some piss.
Itrieditandiamnothappythatthereisnospacebaronthatkeyboard.
The central control probably is set to spacebar, i dont think they make small space bars and they already have another control key down the right.
It does however not have an “a” key, so maybe yours is misconfigured so the control-spacebar is the letter a?
You couldn’t have written this on that keyboard. That keyboard has no a (or z).
Managers will still expect you to do 60% of your work on 60% of your keyboard.
Can someone explain why this would be even slightly useful to anyone?
How does one type without a and z?
it is possible if you get enough time to think of every word, you just need to to find synonims so you don’t write specific letters, often needing to switch both words/speech style
(it’s very difficult though, I’ve been writing this comment for 5 to 10 minutes)
You cn totlly get by without them
Definitely unneeded. The ending letter of the series of letters we employ to form words is especially useless, but to be honest the first is mostly superfluous too
Like this.
roasted
this is a fancy mechanical keyboard and can be programmed. The missing keys are typed using key combinations.
In general I love the reprogrammability of mech keyboards, but this one is fucking weird ngl
The left Shift is A, and Caps Lock is Z.
To get those keys to function as Shift/Caps you would need to hold down the Fn key (bottom right).
I’m all for minimalist keyboards, but this shit is a bit too ridiculous.
That is the worst keyboard layout i have ever seen. Bravo.
As someone that into mech keyboard hobby, I can say that’s still perceivable for average user as you still retain the familiar “qwerty” layout.
Look up stenograph keyboard. They have lesser keys but allows someone to write higher wpm and programmable though I don’t think they would fit for average office workload (unless you types a lot).
Ironically enough, talking about cutting expenses, the keyboard in the photo could easily cost 10 times more than the typical 100% keyboard you’d find in a corporate office.
A typical office keeb is around $15. If you can build this for anywhere close to $150 I’m gonna take 2, please!
I wrote “could easily cost 10 times more”, which doesn’t exclude an even higher price. $100-$150 for just the case (I couldn’t find the exact one) is what I’d expect.
Especially when they have luxury of lubed switches, foam, dampeners/stabilizers, custom case material (that keeb def. Custom one).
I was even thinking just about the case - good CNCd aluminium has come down in price, but it’s still expensive. You also have a point, I agree.
Don’t forget keycaps! It’s where the real money is lost.
That set looks like GMK Blue Samurai, which sells new for $150.
Keycaps is where I always avoid because that’s what makes keyboard standout other than the overall produced sound.
Still saving for my keycaps setsKeycaps are expensive but you can easily spend $500 on a keyboard chassis/plate/pcb alone
True. I was mostly thinking about having to buy keycaps aftermarket when the prices double/triple and having to source all the different kits.
Personally, I think I have three times as many keycap sets than I do keyboards.
This might be controversial, but at some point just buy a decent repro on AliExpress.
Looks like a knockoff to me. Look at the “Backspace” lettering up close for example.
You’re right. No shame there, but definitely knocks a $100 or more off the price.
literally 40 keys AND YOU STILL INCLUDE THE USELESS CAPS LOCK KEY
But wait!
This keyboard has 45 keys and not 100 like most normal keyboards, so they cut 55%!Normal is 104/105. So 57%.
FN key on quadruple duty
I SO hate the CapsLock, the most useless key in the best of locations. I converted it to XCape on all my keebs!
Usually on boards like this it’s remapped to Ctrl, Esc or whatever you actually want. At this point having the caps button still there is purely cosmetic.
Suka blyat
