Re:00Key a 75% Keyboard
by lawn on Friday May 03, 2024 @11:36AM
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The problem with Ergodox (and Moonlander) are the horrific thumb cluster that only makes sense if you have very large hands/fingers.
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My favorite is Mitosis, which has large thumb clusters very close to the alphas.
I personally find the two large buttons in the thumb clusters to be easy to access. I don't think the entire thumb cluster is designed to be used commonly while touch typing. There are plenty of pinky reachable buttons you can map needed keys to.
I also had similar concerns. Their voyager keyboard should solve that concern and I’m strongly considering using it. I’ve had their Planck EZ for maybe 2 years now (on Dvorak) and later got their Moonlander but I think it was too much for me and went back to the Planck shortly after.
Ben Vallack has a good video on the voyager[^0] and many other setups and workflows