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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 19 points 6 days ago

Sawme here! Honmestly I dom"t thinkl I coukd ever go vack tp a mormal keyboard ¶¶¶¶

[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 14 points 5 days ago

This is just ads with extra steps

[–] muzzle@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can you recommend a cheap split keyboard? I'm not sinking 300$ to discover I hate it

[–] Benaaasaaas@group.lt 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Benaaasaaas@group.lt 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

180 for a keyboard - not cheap
180 for a split mechanical keyboard - relatively cheap

I'm not aware of any other split keyboard that's cheaper.

[–] GoumLeChat@jlai.lu 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So is this the new trend after 60% mechanical keyboards, ultrawide monitors or immutable distros ?

Maybe it would improve my typing speed, but I've been using a conventional keyboard layout for so long now, I'm fine with where I'm at. Almost thirty years of muscular memory made it "hard coded" in my hands.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

it seems to be perfect for people who are not working on a desk

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I think one of my favorite keyboards ever was a Microsoft “Natural” keyboard. I think they were available in the mid ’90s or so. Not quite a real split keyboard, but the ergonomics were great. I think I gave it away…it was great for typing, but I wanted a simpler keyboard for gaming.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 6 days ago

the one with the biiig built in "leather" wrist rest? loved that thing!

[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

I use a knock off ergonomic keyboard from adesso. 60% of the time, it works every time.

You can still get them on Amazon for like $40 if you ever decide you want to relive the split key glory days.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

Fun fact: that's Elijah Wood and it's his first film role

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago

You don't use a spilt keyboard set to colemak exclusively running Emacs weird

[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Recently bought a CharaChorder, haven't mastered it yet but it is promising.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 239 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

You will encounter this man at work.

They will ask for your help with something on their workstation, and it would be faster for you to drive with them watching over your shoulder, but this cryptic thing is their keyboard.

Instead, you will be forced to sit behind them like Patrick Swayze guiding Demi Moore at a throwing wheel. You will eventually take your shirt off, launch Unchained Melody in Spotify, then slowly guide them through a system setting panel.

You will notice how soft their hands feel. The hyper-ergonomic keyboard has allowed their fingers to move with minimal effort, allowing the skin to remain supple, smooth - almost unused.

You will ask yourself, “Is he right?” How could a keyboard be so aggressive and wrong, and yet, support something so gentile.

You try to deny the feeling. Your friends and family will mock you like your uncle Dvorak. Maybe you start with a trackball and see if being naughty feels right.

[–] joseandres42@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

I just keep the company keyboard on a drawer for the IT guy. I never thought all that I could be missing hahahaha

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I used to know a person who used this line to describe one thing about themselves: “I use Dvorak layout..”

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 113 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

I thought that was rowing machine porn.

[–] grooving@lemmy.studio 32 points 1 week ago

This is coiling my cable just thinking about it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine having a keyboard like this, and still needing to be guided through a system settings menu.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I mean yes but no. Back at some old job all the devs had the local admin password so we could do things like install drivers for bluetooth dongles on our own (I said "old job", didn't I) and usually everything was fine but at some point my machine just barfed, it would neither install nor uninstall drivers. I called an admin because I have no idea about windows internals. They were ecstatic, finally, an actual problem, and not walking someone in marketing through how to write an email. Some arcane regedit magic later the problem was solved, and yes I had layout switching ready on the taskbar.

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago
[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's ok, insanity comes in many forms.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

When I was a kid, I got my hands on a PS/2 Y-adapter and so typed on two keyboards - left hand on one on my desk, right hand on one on a keyboard tray. I don't know what my typing speed and accuracy were then, but a few years back an entire office of people tried to beat me in a typing test and couldn't. Since then I've taken a typing test on a laptop while sitting in a hotel bed and gotten a score of 158 with, IIRC, 98.2% accuracy. (This was my best score but even since then all of my typing evaluations have gone well.)

I also use a trackball as exclusively as my environment allows, including while gaming (other than Minecraft). I'm not remotely a pro, but among my peers I tend to score highly in, for example, FPS'.

I'm not trying to brag; there are many better than I in both categories. The reason I bring these up is to demonstrate that something being the convention doesn't automatically make it better and something being unfit for your preferences doesn't make it inferior.

edit: AFAIK, I only have one left hand.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I kinda like using a split keyboard sitting in an arm chair. Put one side on the left arm rest, the other on the right. Feels like I'm in the captain's chair of the Enterprise.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A good tool improves the way you work. A great tool improves the way you think.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

May I introduce to you, the Banana Board. A keyboard that works by squeezing a banana shaped device.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 25 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I built and configured an Arkenswoop some time in 2023. It's really nice. However... I have gotten quite fast on a conventional keyboard just by using it over the years, and re-learning that is just so tedious. Every time I try, something with a deadline comes up, and I switch back "temporarily".

Anyone have experience overcoming this?

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I switched to a new key layout and was slowed down for like a month, and almost every day I could literally feel myself speeding back up. It was such a cool experience, and one that I imagine has beneficial like neural effects, that sometimes I think about switching it up just for fun.

I'd suggest just sticking with it. I now use English, German, and my custom Workman layout at home without any issue switching between them. Practice makes perfect and cause a bunch of work and fun things encourage typing a lot, practice comes easy and getting back to your normal speed happens quickly.

Picking a new layout like Workman or Dvorak where you can feel the benefits, plus a split keyboard's ergonomic benefits, and I think anyone would struggle to go back (assuming they do it for a month and give it a fair shake).

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[–] illegalflyer@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Split keyboard + a tiling window manager made my life better

[–] monarch@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

What WM if I may ask.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Where's the rest of the keys? Also these things give off Nintendo Power Glove vibes.

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 16 points 1 week ago

Fuck, I don't want to be a keyboard pervert, but these are some good points

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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