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
It really is a nice keyboard. For the price, it really is a pleasure to use.
I've always been a linear fan and I was getting tired of Cherry reds and even sometimes felt like they could be lighter, so I decided to go with Gateron clears. Woah are Gat clears light. This REALLY feels like typing on air.
I'm really liking these Gat clears though. They really feel different so it's nice to have this option now.
Time to try some gaming/FPS with this beast :)