Re:Atreus – kit to build your own mechanical keyboard
by guylhem on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @12:50AM
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You're missing one thing - a mouse easy to access, as on the thinkpad where it's in the home row. If only for browsing, a mouse is a godsend.
There's something not bad for the ergodox on https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=55960.0 but it would be better on a thumb.
Re:Atreus – kit to build your own mechanical keyboard
by swah on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @07:41AM
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Some custom keyboards have a TrackPoint - I don't know how well it works but I really liked it in the X220: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/tex-yoda?mode=guest_open
Re:Atreus – kit to build your own mechanical keyboard
by cssmoo on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @08:33AM
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Oh wow. I so want that. Thanks for posting.
Re:Atreus – kit to build your own mechanical keyboard
by swah on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @09:59AM
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Me too - drop requested :)
Re:Atreus – kit to build your own mechanical keyboard
by jmgrosen on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:19AM
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I believe technomancy has said he uses Conkeror, a heavily keyboard-based browser (that I highly recommend), so he has little use for a mouse :)
(As a fellow Emacs and Conkeror user, the time is rare that I have to touch my mouse.)
Re:Atreus – kit to build your own mechanical keyboard
by technomancy on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @05:14AM
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That's correct; I don't use the mouse for everyday computing, just for occasional game playing. The last time I used it nontrivially for work was when I did the PCB design for the Atreus.
The Atreus was actually originally designed to be complementary to a stationary keyboard like the Kinesis Advantage or the Ergodox. Keep a big keyboard on your desk, and toss a small portable keyboard in your bag for when you're on the go and can't bear the thought of having to fall back to your laptop's internal keyboard.
That said, since I've gotten used to the Atreus I've hardly used my Ergodox; in the end I've found that having all the keys close to the home row is a lot more comfortable, and I don't like having to reach for the edge keys on the Ergodox.