Submitted by guitarhellboy t3_126mfjl in MechanicalKeyboards
samvvell t1_jebgdl8 wrote
Reply to comment by NoOne-NBA- in Thoughts on using an alice/arisu board as your main board by guitarhellboy
Oh, you're on Mac, too. I use Windows, so it's a little different. I primarily use my right hand for combos since I use my mouse in my left hand, but it's challenging having most combos on the left side of the keyboard. I might just go the HHKB layout route and move Control to Caps Lock. I'm not sure if that would be more comfortable or not.
I understand the sentiment about using other computers though. People hate using mine haha
NoOne-NBA- t1_jebs8v6 wrote
I use both platforms interchangeably because I have my Windows keyboards set up to mimic the Mac format.
Ctrl+Alt+R on a PC is exactly the same key-chord as Command+Option+R on a Mac, with that layout.
I posted a pic of my two layouts below.
The top one is my work layout, and the bottom one is for home use.
The top layout is considerably more efficient for graphic work because I designed it specifically for that purpose, and have the numpad overlapping the right hand alphas, in home position.
That lets me switch between alphas, arrows and numpad, on the fly, without moving either hand from its home position.
I even have the number row numbers mapped to the numpad area, so I don't have to go off home position for those.
The home board is slightly different, and less efficient, because I use it primarily for gaming and browsing.
I game using the mouse in my left hand, and use the numpad for button input.
Having the numpad area all the way to the right, with the blocker just to the left of Num0, feels more comfortable to me while gaming, so that's how my home board ended up being laid out.
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