with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb!
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@molly0xfff wait… is your pinky usually on "o" or on "p"? Am I typing wrong?
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@ferricoxide my previous ergo keyboard also had blank keycaps and i liked to joke it was an extra level of security that an intruder would have to overcome
I got my Framework laptop with the clear keycaps and I could type fine but then remembering what the function keys did was such a pain in the ass.
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the Ergodox was also ortholinear with thumb clusters so the transition shouldn't be too difficult, but the default layout on this one is a little different (thumb shift and modifier keys mostly)
@molly0xfff If you need to do any re-training on the new keyboard, ZSA gave away a copy of Epistory and it's $5 right now on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/398850/Epistory__Typing_Chronicles/
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the Ergodox was also ortholinear with thumb clusters so the transition shouldn't be too difficult, but the default layout on this one is a little different (thumb shift and modifier keys mostly)
@molly0xfff thumb shift is really nice, IMHO. Not as much of a requirement when you've got as many keys as the Glove80, but still a win.
Hope you enjoy the new keeb!
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with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again
(MoErgo Glove80)
@molly0xfff oh that’s gorgeous
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@molly0xfff Would love to try something like that, although I'm a fraudulent touch-typer, so it might be a painful transition. Also, I use a RollerMouse, and that's unlikely to play nicely with this sort of thing.
@SometimeHippy @molly0xfff TIL RollerMouse. I kinda like that idea.
For my kinesis advantage2, I've got an apple magic trackpad taped in the middle (there's just enough room for it, and foam tape had held for several years now). Works pretty well though it still irritates my RSI a bit.
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with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again
(MoErgo Glove80)
I'm ready for wireless customizable typing gloves to pair with display glasses or maybe a display hat. Its a shame we don't have those yet.
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with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again
(MoErgo Glove80)
@molly0xfff I've seen the Glove80 recently online, and I don't think I'd like choc switches (I like some travel and height for my keys). I'm currently using the Moonlander, but am eyeing the Charybdis.
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@delicta whoaaa thank you!
@delicta wound up flashing TailorKey (which I think is based on Sunaku's) and you are so right about the homerow mods!
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@delicta wound up flashing TailorKey (which I think is based on Sunaku's) and you are so right about the homerow mods!
@molly0xfff nice, glad you like it! Also can recommend to play with tilt of glove80, I found that max tilt of keyboard drastically improved my RSI

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@ferricoxide my previous ergo keyboard also had blank keycaps and i liked to joke it was an extra level of security that an intruder would have to overcome
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io @ferricoxide@blahaj.zone Ah, yes. Blank keycaps and using Dvorak (I needed to learn a different layout as part of dealing with a repetitive strain injury years back) make my desktop virtually unusable to anyone else.
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@SometimeHippy @molly0xfff TIL RollerMouse. I kinda like that idea.
For my kinesis advantage2, I've got an apple magic trackpad taped in the middle (there's just enough room for it, and foam tape had held for several years now). Works pretty well though it still irritates my RSI a bit.
@SometimeHippy @molly0xfff out of curiosity, because videos and descriptions aren't being clear about it: does the bar on this one spring back, or stay where you slide it like the other models seem to do? and what does that imply for horizontal movement?
like is there a carriage return button so you can recenter without moving, or do you perhaps need to install drivers for absolute positioning? or if it springs back, do you have to swipe a couple times to move across the screen sometimes?
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@SolarDavy if you're lucky you have friends who are into ergo keyboards who will lend you one to test drive. in this case i already knew i loved the ergodox and so wasn't concerned about the ortho layout or thumb clusters, and i was willing to take a chance on the concave keywells
@molly0xfff I should find friends with fancy keyboards... Good tip 👍🏼
And have fun typing!
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@SometimeHippy @molly0xfff out of curiosity, because videos and descriptions aren't being clear about it: does the bar on this one spring back, or stay where you slide it like the other models seem to do? and what does that imply for horizontal movement?
like is there a carriage return button so you can recenter without moving, or do you perhaps need to install drivers for absolute positioning? or if it springs back, do you have to swipe a couple times to move across the screen sometimes?
@groxx @molly0xfff It's a cylinder within the casing, so the rotation of the cylinder gives you the up/down movement. Left/right is done by the equivalent movement of the cylinder within. It doesn't spring back, but there is a button at end within the housing which sends the pointer out to the extreme in if you run out of movement. (I think! It's been ages since it became intuitive, and I don't have it in front of me right now). I've got a fast cursor, so don't usually hit the ends.
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with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again
(MoErgo Glove80)
@molly0xfff people really really love their glove 80s. Hope you enjoy the feel and the soft easy keyswitches and that your hands and brain love you for it.
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with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again
(MoErgo Glove80)
@molly0xfff I made so many typos with this thing until my hands relearned where everything was:
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with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again
(MoErgo Glove80)
@molly0xfff out there typing like she’s driving a Battle Mech.
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with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again
(MoErgo Glove80)
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with great sadness i had to retire my trusty Ergodox Infinity, but: new keeb! expect typos as i learn how to type again
(MoErgo Glove80)
@molly0xfff I recently discovered the community firmware that gives you per-key RGB control and this is incredibly useful for my gaming layer that shifts a bunch of keys over by one so WASD is usable. I no longer have to think "wait is this one of the keys that I moved or is it normal?"
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@molly0xfff i ain’t know thing one about ergnonomic keyboards, but GOSH i think this is such a cool-looking design
@beep @molly0xfff I can personally attest it feels amazing too! And reasonably priced relative to its competitors.