Support for Alternative Layouts
This is a summary of how alternative layouts have been supported by kits such as Colevrak and Homing. It is not a discussion of alt layout performance and development, but if that interests you I highly recommend starting with Pascal Getreuer’s A guide to alt keyboard layouts (why, how, which one?). It’s a concise and comprehensive overview with links to some great sites that go deeper. He also has a separate Links about keyboards page. The Keyboard layouts doc he recommends explains layout goals and metrics in detail, summarizing the alt layouts discussed here as well as more than one hundred others. Sculpted-profile The majority of custom keycap sets are sculpted-profile (Cherry, SA, MT3, KAT, etc. - more on profiles generally here) so let’s start there. Because each row has a unique keycap shape, alt layouts require a unique keycap for each legend that moves off its QWERTY row. At first there were two The Dvorak layout was patented in 1936 by August Dvorak & William L....
Apr 23, 2024
If you wanted to buy one pre-assembled, you could have simply asked that and probably gotten a better response, than to come off sounding offensive to begin with.
Also, to solve the blank keycap problem, check out the Granite Keycap set. I am typing on that on an ergodox right now and it's really nice. I recommend them!
As for the keycaps, the indiegogo compain will supply an appropriate set of keycaps with printed lables if you pay for that. (Read the backer levels carefully). As for me I want localized caps anyway, so I intend to buy an 88-key set from WASDkeyboards, check of all three 1x1 compatibility options, and order some custom 1x1.5 and 1x2 caps. (after I have had my ergodox for a while and know how I want the layout).
"I'd love something like this. However, I don't want to put it all together or have blank keycaps."
to which @anro 's response is quite accurate.
The best part is that was the first actual question you have posted in this discussion, everything else has been statements. (For clarity, "not sure why that was so hard for other people.." is structured as a question, but is missing the question mark. Nothing else was even structured as a question).
If you just want a ergonomic keyboard, there are plenty of them out there (Maltron, Kinesis, TEK, etc...). Maybe do a little research for yourself instead of demanding that other people to do it for you then cussing them out when they don't. At this point you are just being a jackass.
I'm curious, why are you hanging around? Do you really think anyone here actually cares about your rants? Do you expect anyone to pat you on the back and say "you're right, everything you say is relevant and interesting"?
You can also find the ergodox kits assembled on ebay (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?&_nkw=ergodox&).
This guy sells all the components and WILL assemble for you, looks like a nice package that you can get fully ready to rock: http://falbatech.pl/prestashop/index.php he's pretty well known on GeekHack