How good/bad is QWERTY? Seriously.
So in my previous write-up, while highlighting the benefits of alternative and custom layouts, I declared without much evidence that QWERTY is not that bad at all, and also that it is in the top 2% of all the possible layouts. Well, like so many times in life: it depends. I did my original research many years ago - the exact value was in fact 1.82% -, but I forgot to mention that this is only valid in a special case: using my personal corpus and ruleset. It makes sense since back in the day I did this to support the design process of my own custom keymaps. Anyway, it was high time to redo my original experiment, dive in this topic a bit deeper, and reveal the logic and method behind my calculations. Spoiler alert: I was wrong! Or was I? ;) QWERTY Everyone knows QWERTY I guess. Christopher Sholes, Remington 2 typewriter, preventing jamming of type bars, path dependence, whatever. I'm not going to cover it here, check this previous write-up of mine if you are interested...
Jul 1, 2024
It's Christos from the Planfab team again! I just wanted to give you a sneak-peek of our work.
This is our first prototype bronze keycap. At the moment we try to perfect the fit on the cherry mx switches.
It weighs 6-10 grams depending on the metal, this one is made out of bronze. We plan on making all short of keycap styles in a variety of finishes.
Precious metal keycaps have an incredible satisfaction when pressing it. The cold metal combined with the extra weight, offer a unique feel to the user.
Comments and feedback is welcome and appreciated.
If you wish to have a look at our Demon keycap while we work on new designs and materials, you can find it here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/574561792/demon-artisan-keycap-for-cherry-switches?ref=shop_home_feat_2
Cheers
The Planfab team