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herfalerf724 t1_iwk71fs wrote

Not sure what you mean. 75% is the form factor of choice for big name brands that want to make a “custom keyboard” (gmmk pro, that keychron thing, drops new turd, mode sonnet, kbd75) as well as a number of recent highly successful actual custom boards like the 7v, tomo, hex 4b and other.

This is all despite 75% being a relatively silly form factor. It’s got goofy proportions, and when done in an exploded layout it’s barely any smaller than a tkl while not looking half as good. Personally I don’t understand why you would need an f row so at that point just get a 65 if you need dedicated arrows or get a 60 if you can handle split right shift and hhkb arrows. 75 literally serves no advantage over any other form factor.

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QWERKey-UK OP t1_iwk7zna wrote

>I don’t understand why you would need an f row

(sigh)

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herfalerf724 t1_iwk88s4 wrote

A legitimate criticism. F keys can be easily bound to a layer on the num row. If you absolutely must have a dedicated f row because pressing a function key is hard then just buy a tkl. You get to have a better looking keyboard, get your full nav cluster and barely sacrifice any space compared to a 75.

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QWERKey-UK OP t1_iwk8hgl wrote

You do realise that you are presenting your own personal tastes and opinions as if they were fact, don't you?

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herfalerf724 t1_iwk91bc wrote

Sure, but I am right though.

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QWERKey-UK OP t1_iwkcsib wrote

How can a personal choice be right, or wrong? I think TKLs look unbalanced with too much negative space to the right. That's what I think, so therefore it's right. Agreed?

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