A brief reflection and look at how far our community has come since joining. I’ve been in the mechanical keyboard hobby for a very long time. It started as a high school student’s search for a keyboard for writing novels back in the 2008-2009 school year. I thought I wanted to be an author and I felt I needed a keyboard that I could sit down to at my desk and just write. After researching, joining forums, and saving money, I made my first purchase in the hobby, a blank black Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2. I still own this keyboard and while it is heavily modded now, it remains one of my all-time favorites. My HHKB Pro2 with MitchCapped Accents Many people would have stopped there, but keyboards became a hobby. I enjoyed learning about them, and early on, I enjoyed hunting for them in thrift shops. I would dig through bins at Goodwill and Salvation Army while popping keycaps off with paperclips looking for mechanical switches. I searched for a birthday Model M...
May 7, 2024
A 60% board is great to type on and it allows a more natural position for your mouse. I switch between a full size and a 60% (Poker II) and when I'm on the full size board my hand often ends up on the Tenkey cluster when I am aiming for the mouse.
Because of the compact size your hands rarely have to leave the home row, even when accessing function keys. Is can be very efficient once you know the layout. Plus 60% boards are very customization friendly.
If you gave it a try you just might love it!