Monday, August 3, 2020

Hardware

New setup as of July 2022:


I bought this second keyboard for the shape of the keycaps and the fact that there was a full number bar up at top, including over the asterisk keys; not even my Stenomod did that. 

The Kailh Pro Pink linear switches are good. I can't tell if it's better than the stock springs in my Stenomod, but I like it more than the 15G springs I eventually modded my Stenomod with.

The other keyboard modes I can give or take. Now I have to be extra careful to not hit the toggle key when reaching for S. And I still think ortholinear keyboards aren't any easier or quicker to type on.

Those two extra thumb keys for the number bar on the bottom, I can tell you right now that I hate them. I seriously considered doing a hardware mod to remove them outright, but it seemed like a lot of work, and  the screws on the keyboard use green threadlocker anyway. (EDIT: Aerick was kind enough to answer this: You can absolutely disable them without tweaking your firmware! You just need to scroll down under the "machine" tab in Plover's configuration. Find the #B and #C keys and on the right column you can click their dropdown menus to change their actions to "no-op".)

I also didn't like not being able to feel the S keys and the mode switch keys, so I got two separate sets of keycaps: Scooped Choc Keycaps (they'll only fit the thumb row number pad keys so maybe don't get these...) and MBK Choc Keycaps (KITS: 10x (1u), COLOR: White). So far they're doing exactly what I got them for: letting me feel the difference between the keys I want to hit and the keys I don't. I also put them for the asterisk keys and the number bar key above the asterisk keys.

I'll try Loc Dots sometime too...



Old setup:

Stenomod - https://stenomod.blogspot.com/
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