I went from 65% to 60% and am very happy!
Number pads are obsolete. If you need to type more than one number at a time, you should be asking yourself “What am I doing wrong such that I have to type all these numbers out?” We live in an age where every document is digital, and number pads are exclusively useful for transposing numbers from paper in bulk.
They’re not even a good design, there’s no tab, only enter, so they don’t even support putting numbers into a spreadsheet super well.
Enter is on the pinky. Use your left hand to press tab.
If I am using two hands anyways, surely having one set of numbers above the keyboard is sufficient?
I was a cashier, then a bookkeeper during the time when both heavily used the “10-key” and got really fast at touch typing numbers. Not as fast now, but I would be absolutely lost without it for spreadsheets, calculations, etc. I wouldn’t even consider a keyboard without one!
Just for the few games that either have so many controls (eg. GTA V) or so many actions (eg. modded MC), ≥ 100% is mandatory for me.
What is a greater than 100% keyboard?
laughs in K95
100% correct.
I went up to a comfortable 110 WPM.
Excluding numbers.
What is this beautiful thing and where can I purchase it
It’s the Neo Ergo by qwertykeys. Should have regional vendors with either stock or preorder, although the mech market has slowed a lot.
Oh, it’s a build it yourself keyboard… I can’t count on vendors beacause I don’t live in the US
Pretty sure the manufacturer is in China. You just need to find a vendor closest to you. It will never go through the US.
Yey, found one in europe ! Ty !
How was the assembly ? I’ve never put a keyboard together and I’m a bit confused by if you need to solder anything, or buy anything else (are the switches and keycaps included ?)
You will need switches and keycaps. Stabilizers are included. Get the tri-mode or hot swap PCB to avoid soldering.
Assembly is super easy.
Look up Microsoft ergonomic keyboard. Best thing they ever made to date.
i have a 65% although honestly i’d rather it be a 75% (which i meant to buy but didn’t look closely enough at the keyboard), anyway it’s not that bad
i also with the damn apostrophe key wasnt the same as the esc key + fn
65% is too cramped. Buttons need double functions and the FN key works overtime.
75% or TKL is the way.
“He said the truth”, but they hated him.
I dropped my full sized keychron a while back and the pcb got screwed up at the usb c port, so I’m stuck on a 60%. It’s nice to have the extra desk space, but I’d be completely lost if I didn’t have a macropad. Even still, it’s kind of a pain in the ass sometimes. Eventually I’ll be not-broke enough to justify getting a new pcb, hopefully, but I’m not even sure how to order just a pcb from them. Giant pain in the ass.
I do like my little Newman board, though. It has some nice linears that I lubed up and I’ve got a tape mod on it. I miss qmk but it’s better than a membrane at least.
Originally I picked it up to use with my phone so I could get work done on the road without slowing my typing speed to a crawl and grappling with autocorrect. Made a decent backup!
Me playing modded Minecraft:
What was the disable jetpack button again?
That would be a nice post on [email protected]
Keeb goes hard ngl
Try DCS.
What is that beautiful monstrosity?
That’s a hyper7. If youve got a pathological need for a billion keys and £700 to drop you can’t go far wrong. Although you may have to spend a little more to reinforce your desk and remove a wall to get it in your house lol
I see a distinct lack of F13-F15, assuming 1.12.2 or 1.7.10 (1.13 and newer added F16-F25)
Man, I could have all of that and still be like “Shit where do I put Building Gadget Mode Switch???”
It so pretty doe
You find it and the key is still shared with three other keybinds
Me unbinding the mysterious functions that share the key “I’ll worry about that once I know what that even means”
A keyboard without a numpad is like a cock without a foreskin.
Stupid as fuck, but some people don’t know any better
That analogy is a work of art. So casually out of pocket
So you can pull the skin to reveal your numpad?
On my desktop, I need that num pad.
On the go, I loathe my laptop keyboard and mouse, and bring a 60% and a mouse. Easy to fit in the bag for travel if I’m setting up shop somewhere for a few days or more. Also a dock so I can hook it up to the hotel TV or conf room display easily if they are behind the times.
96% gang. Best of both worlds, compact to just slightly wider than a TKL but without any sacrifice.
The best keyboard I managed to find from all keyboards I’ve ever used (including high end mechanical ones) is… 96%, keychron q6. Embrace mental disability, it feels so incredibly good
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Long live the numpad!
