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Oct 12, 2020
Hi I'm not a hammer or computer literate person.. but my son is turning 13 in a few weeks and he's a hammer and he's a lefty. I always pick on him about being a lefty, which is all in good fun but I started reading about the disadvantages of being left handed in a right handed world and I thought it would be awesome to surprise him with a lefty mouse and keyboard.. he currently has a 60 % ducky one two mini for his keyboard and he loves it.. so I don't wanna get away from a mechanical type keyboard . I saw some pics of the mechanical lefty board with 2 escape keys and I was wondering were to order it from and if u recommend it still as that blog was a few years ago.. thanks a redneck mom trying to be cool aka $tack$
shamsael
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May 19, 2020
Why is it the only Left-handed board has the style of Enter Key that NOBODY makes?
A community member
Jun 15, 2018
I want this with newer features like hot swappable sockets, ability to program and rgb
mrfunkface
30
Jul 12, 2017
I thought I'd share my update. As I wait for the Carbon Orange Alphas to get here I thought I'd get some blank SA profiles from AliExpress (extended set had a big-ass enter) and some SA novelties from pimpmykeyboard. Remapped my keys with Keytweak: page up cluster reworked to something sensible (why are Home and End aligned vertically and not either side of PgUp and PgDn to mimic super-arrows? Fixed), two escape keys (why not), media controls on bottom right, and = instead of NumLock. The skulls glow in the dark because I am a child.
And I've also convinced a friend to get a LH keyboard - something different and a ton of keys on the left for FPS goodness. Join the dark side.
Layout:
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And I've also convinced a friend to get a LH keyboard - something different and a ton of keys on the left for FPS goodness. Join the dark side.
Layout:
Morning_Coffee
125
May 7, 2017
I use the DSI at work and it is almost perfect. Only downside is the MX Reds. I am a tactile guy and I really dislike the light linear switches. Having the arrow keys and pgup, pgdn, home, end, del, and ins right by your pinky and ring finger at all times is amazing.
mrfunkface
30
May 7, 2017
Morning_CoffeeLook how much space you have for your digitizer! And you don't need to put down your pen as often - all commands are with the left, including scrolling with arrows and inputting strings of numbers.
The more keyboards come with this layout, the more switch choice they'll offer - I have the opposite opinion: I'm thankful the DSI didn't come with Blues, I dig Reds.
I had to mirror Ins and Del with PgUp and PgDn in the Registry as the DSI is not programmable - another bonus of more maestros trying their hand at LHKBs,
BONUS: I have two Esc keys. Always useful.
EDIT: the main benefit of a new improved LHKB is to get standard ANSI or ISO layouts- the bigass enter and tiny backspace on the DSI are a pain and there are no other mechanical boards available.
The more keyboards come with this layout, the more switch choice they'll offer - I have the opposite opinion: I'm thankful the DSI didn't come with Blues, I dig Reds.
I had to mirror Ins and Del with PgUp and PgDn in the Registry as the DSI is not programmable - another bonus of more maestros trying their hand at LHKBs,
BONUS: I have two Esc keys. Always useful.
EDIT: the main benefit of a new improved LHKB is to get standard ANSI or ISO layouts- the bigass enter and tiny backspace on the DSI are a pain and there are no other mechanical boards available.
Morning_Coffee
125
May 7, 2017
mrfunkfaceTotally agree.
The 1u "\" button right next to the 1u "backspace" is infuriating when working with powershell and windows folder stuff. I have an Ergodox on the way and I am excited to try it out. I am all for keeping your hands on the keyboard as much as possible and only use mouse/digitizer when mouse cursor precision is important.
The 1u "\" button right next to the 1u "backspace" is infuriating when working with powershell and windows folder stuff. I have an Ergodox on the way and I am excited to try it out. I am all for keeping your hands on the keyboard as much as possible and only use mouse/digitizer when mouse cursor precision is important.
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I recently bought a left-handed keyboard, the DSI one below, and it's much better to use for me as a right-hander - the keyboard is centred with the monitor, mouse/trackball has tons of space on the right, and the left hand has quickly gotten up to speed on the numpad and arrows with way more keys accessible without taking your hand off the mouse . Hell, even Logitech knows to add 12 bonus keys on the left - why not use the right hand cluster which is already there and just shift it to the left? I don't take my hand off the mouse anymore unless I'm typing long missives like this one - anything with AutoCAD, Excel, FE analysis, gaming, all these use-cases keep my mouse hand fixed, keyboard exclusively with the left.
Calling on the keyboard designers to embrace a left hand layout and bring something original to market rather than forever tweaking 60% boards or adding more coloured LEDs. This form works so well I can't believe it's not more prevalent. The DSI is decent (Cherry Reds) but can be improved. Let's go!