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Mr. Mercury posted:How you liking the manuform? I came very close to making one before getting boards for sofle way back when LochNessMonster posted:I’m going to finish my sofle over the holidays (for real, I swear!) and then see if I can build a manuform. Going to reply to both of you since my answer is related! I have been using a Kinesis Advantage 2 on-and-off for a couple years so I was already used to the columnar/concave layout, but it does take some adjusting. Thankfully it takes no effort after that adjustment period to switch back and forth between normal staggered flat keyboards and these... creatures. As for the Sofle's relation: I actually started soldering again after like 8 years with a Sofle kit, because I 1) didn't want to reintroduce soldering on a Dactyl Manuform and 2) was settling for what I thought was cheaper but was not significantly so. And, I did not finish the Sofle kit. I got the left side built and working relatively well, but, to be honest, the way it's designed kinda blows in my experience, the stand off screws are just, too few and it's so easy to push the pcb off the switches in the "plate" and fixing it is annoying. I also couldn't get the right side to work with serial, but I think it's cause I did something wrong as gently caress. The dactyl was overall MUCH more enjoyable to work on (even though it took like 30 hours of wiring + soldering and another 12 hours of chasing down a firmware issue (I can elaborate on this too if you run into anything weird, and what ended up getting me to the finish line was flashing the sofle on just to test the controller and keystrokes and then cloning it's config.h file) Otherwise "It Just Worked" (I thankfully ONLY Had firmware issues, not anything physically related to the build went wrong). I got mine from diykeyboards.com, which sells a case+bottom plate + hardware kit for like 180 bucks if you forgo switches and keycaps and supply your own. There are also already-printed cases that are on sale rn I think? I grabbed a 4x6 for 30 bucks with no hardware. If I do another 5x6 one day I'll probably try to shove a trackball onto it.
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I wish there was an easier way to browse the handwired category in QMK, especially since a lot of them don't have pictures (or only do on github itself) and I just want to work on another one 
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Thirst Mutilator posted:What're good options for split keyboards aside from the Iris, Moonlander, and Ergodox EZ? Don't mind some soldering. i love my dactyl manuform
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Just build a Dactyl Manuform 
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repiv posted:those are there for a reason, the other F and J have a different style of homing indicator, and the extra B is for alice layouts that have B on both sides my keyboard on my z fold 4 is split like that and I didn't realize how often I'd hit B with my left hand until I couldn't 😢
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after putting it off for literal months i got the keyboard on the top working with basic functionality..... qmk is so annoying
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Puddin posted:Putting this in both this and the mouse thread, but are there any recs for a wireless keyboard and mouse combo for casual couch gaming? i'd just get a logitech combo
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Sep 2, 2023 13:14
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BRICKFACE posted:are those little LCDs?? yeah I need to fix the firmware for the LCDs so they play bongocat
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I found transitioning from the Kinesis advantage 2 to the Dactyl Manuform was super easy, tbh
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SwissArmyDruid posted:I mean, my first keyboard was an absolute workhorse from WASD, almost ten years ago now. Figured I'd give them my money since they're a local company. But it was Cherry Reds, and a TKL, and it turns that I have hands that are too heavy for Reds, and I use the numpad more than I realized. That keyboard is now ten years old, having been subjected to a combination of heavy gaming transitioning to office work/light gaming, still chugging along, and has outlasted two Filco numpads and is working alongside a third cheapo chinese numpad off aliexpress. Honestly at this point just build a handwired or non hand wired one. Then if anything fails you can just replace those parts.
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Sep 28, 2023 03:41
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Colemak supremacy
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I like being able to set the right side away from my mouse mat and having tons mousing space for fps I get dactyl manuform kits from DIYkeyboards. ziasquinn fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Oct 10, 2023 |
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Oct 10, 2023 17:12
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Alice isn't actually that ergonomic (I hear) so it's just a meme anyway
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Oct 12, 2023 13:05
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Need goons to vicariously live through https://mechboards.co.uk/products/hyper-7-v4?variant=41877334720717 173% Keyboard.
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Oct 30, 2023 12:23
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fake keyboard enthusiasts
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Oct 30, 2023 14:24
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Just get a CIY GAS67 off AliExpress
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Nov 21, 2023 00:07
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Usually that kinda stuff is written to the controller in the keyboard. At least in QMK and VIA(L) cases
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Nov 21, 2023 22:09
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i'm gonna be honest, razer sucks
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Nov 23, 2023 23:49
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I think you have to use a hardware/firmware remap if you want it to work in rdp but honestly, it seems hit or miss even then depending on the software for me too. I think you can do registry edits too that do it?
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Nov 24, 2023 01:54
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tear up all your carpet and replace with hardwood
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Dec 12, 2023 19:07
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stupidly didn't get a hot swap body for my dactyl manuform when I built it last year, so I spent 9 hrs the other day desoldering every switch and replacing them with elf silents. (change from box whites) so silent and quiet now.
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Dec 28, 2023 21:55
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diykeyboards.com has some options for hot swapping switches. also comes with everything you need.
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Dec 29, 2023 01:09
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I vouch for teh ducky
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Ornery and Hornery posted:I really appreciate this great discussion on ergonomics. I want to take better care of my body and I appreciate the wisdom of goons itt. This is what got me started on it. Wrote so much on my Kinesis Advantage 2 ten years ago. I use it sculpted WASD JKL: keys on my Dactyl Manuform. I completely agree with the comfort and ergonomic benefits of using a split keyboard. I have an Ergodox-ez coming tomorrow, which is ridiculous cause it just left Taiwan this morning.
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I am excited!!!
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runchild posted:What's the answer to this if you add wireless to the criteria? https://www.keebmonkey.com/products/ciy-gas67-gasket-keyboard-kit
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splits are sick for gaming tho cause you get so much mouse room
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the goat is actually https://idobao.net/products/idobao-x-kailh-ultra-quiet-mx-switches Idobao x Kailh Elves
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you get the premium of the superior box stem and the satisfying tactile bump while remaining utterly silenced
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I jumped into hand wiring and configuring (via QMK) a dactyl manuform and it was a ton of fun and i learned a ton. https://docs.qmk.fm/#/ I know you can enable Via/Vial through QMK but haven't been able to "pull it off" and now i'm playing with an ergodox so I just use their online configuration system (similar to QMK configurator but works like via/vial where you can flash it right from the site). Honestly a lot of keyboard hobbyist stuff is just dense but not impossible to pierce and you can pick it up and "Do it right(ish)" pretty easily, imo, especially if you have the right mindset about it. Keep going!
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Apr 7, 2024 18:23
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just get a ducky wth
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"no you should definitely gently caress with the company that is notoriously absent in QC and customer service" ??????
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Discussion Quorum posted:I almost went with a Ducky One 3 but saw some talk of dodgy QC on those as well. Between the two, a local return/exchange option carried the day, and I don't think that's unreasonable for recommending something. You know what, yes. As long as no one is getting Razer poo poo in here
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