Wanting to move from conventional to ergo mech. Am overwhelmed. Send help. by lfzs in c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
[-] lfzs@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

I saw some mentions of layers but in all fairness, it's not appealing to me if I want to hit F6 to make the cursor go to the browser's address bar.

But thanks for mentioning! It may help others.

Wanting to move from conventional to ergo mech. Am overwhelmed. Send help. by lfzs in c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
[-] lfzs@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

It has more than the ergo I saw too. I'm used to number row and function keys and wouldn't want to lose that. That would probably take some getting used to it but if I can still have those keys, no reason to choose one that doesn't.

Wanting to move from conventional to ergo mech. Am overwhelmed. Send help. by lfzs in c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
[-] lfzs@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Taking a better look at the glove80, it's definitely appealing to me, since it also has the function keys on it. It's about CA$550 vs about CA$450 for the dactyl, which has less keys.

I'm trying to find one that I can use for years to come, since they are very pricey.

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Wanting to move from conventional to ergo mech. Am overwhelmed. Send help. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by lfzs@lemmy.ca to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
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I'm a complete novice to mech and ergo so I apologize in advance for any sins lol

The 3 I checked are Kinesis 360 (https://kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards/advantage360/), Glove80 (https://www.moergo.com/collections/glove80-keyboards) and the Moonlander (https://www.zsa.io/moonlander/).

These below are what I got from watching reviews:

  • Kinesis is difficult to customize and sometimes has connectivity issues
  • Glove80 feels cheap
  • Moonlander doesn’t have many keys and thumb cluster is on odd position

Considering the prices, the moonlander is about US$100 cheaper than the others, so feels like a better option.

I am interested in options with keywell, as they feel way more comfortable, but anything will be better since I use an conventional non-split keyboard.

The right menu links to a compare tool but there are so many.

My hands are small, so it may constrain the options I have. Or maybe not.

What are your opinions/suggestions/experience with these types of keyboards?

lfzs

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