Submitted by Active-Device-8058 t3_zzgrmp in MechanicalKeyboards
NoOne-NBA- t1_j2cixzt wrote
This issue is a rabbit hole unto itself, that you can dive headfirst into, as deep as you'd like.
It is also why I designed the layout for my work keyboard entirely from scratch.
I wanted my keyboard to work how I think keyboards should work.
I absolutely had to have a numpad, and a split spacebar, so I started with that, then added on from there.
The resulting layout makes much more sense to me than a standard staggered keyboard.
It allows me to get the entire functionality of my 1800s, including a proper numpad, into a 60% case, with HHKB blockers.
More importantly, it also allows me to switch between alphas/arrows/nav cluster/numpad, on the fly, without moving my right hand anywhere.
That alone has made traditional keyboards extremely annoying to me now.
Unfortunately, I still have to use them in various situations.
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