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Re:PCB design now supports LEDs and Matias switches by leoc on Friday February 19, 2016 @12:46PM (#11135040)
Good: Split spacebar. Extra thumb button: only one of them per thumb, but that's a lot better than nothing.

Bad: No pointing stick, thumbable trackpad or other means of mouse-pointer control, so you still have to move your hand over and back between keyboard to mouse every time you need to switch between typing and pointer movement.

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Re:PCB design now supports LEDs and Matias switches by rpilgrimr on Friday February 19, 2016 @12:49PM (#11135079)
check the add-on modules: https://www.crowdsupply.com/ugl/ultimate-hacking-keyboard/up...
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Re:PCB design now supports LEDs and Matias switches by leoc on Friday February 19, 2016 @01:07PM (#11135218)
Very nice, and as they say quite exceptional. But pointing controls should really come as part of the default configuration (if not necessarily the minimal one): they're more important than the keyboard split, let alone clicky key actions.
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Re:PCB design now supports LEDs and Matias switches by rpilgrimr on Friday February 19, 2016 @01:13PM (#11135277)
You can control pointer with mouse button (left button on 3rd row) and ijkl for direction + sdf for mouse clicks. works quite well.
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Re:PCB design now supports LEDs and Matias switches by detaro on Saturday February 20, 2016 @10:06PM (#11143106)
matter of personal taste, i'd probably prefer having extra keys there, if anything. Why is it not being included in the default configuration somehow worse than allowing you to choose what you want?
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Re:PCB design now supports LEDs and Matias switches by detaro on Friday February 19, 2016 @12:48PM (#11135059)
They have a trackball as an option if you want it. And a trackpoint. And a small touchpad.
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