![]() Control key is in place of caps lock, a superb improvement which I’ve now replicated with a simple registry tweak to my work laptop, too. The layout is similar to US keyboards, but escape key has taken the place on left of ‘1’ (easy to reach for Vim use, again), and the tilde key is moved above backspace. It also is a very good way to learn Vim’s use of hjkl as movement keys. The basic philosophy is that you’ll have all those keys in the minimal layout with additional function key, and your wrists will never again need to reach to cursor keys on the right side of main typing area. On the left you can see how small it is even compared to a “tenkeyless” form factor keyboard (the CM Quickfire TK actually has the tenkeys, which double as cursor keys). The Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2, or HHKB Pro2 in short, is a minimal keyboard that, in addition to numpad, drops also cursor and navigation keys, as well as the function keys. a version without numpad) when I came across the Happy Hacking Keyboard. ![]() I was considering Topre’s “tenkeyless” (i.e. Topre keyboards are made in Japan, they are very expensive in US (for some reason here in Finland sells them at a reasonable price of 150 euros). Some swear IBM Model M keyboards with buckling spring switches are the best – Unicomp still manufactures those, but they are very noisy, and I didn’t want my late night coding sessions to be that loud.Īnd then there is Topre, which uses a patented electrostatic mechanism that many seemed to like very much. Cherry makes many of those and they have different “colors” that have different tactile curve and sound – there are Cherry MX browns, blues, reds, blacks, and many more. True hardcore keyboard enthusiasts like mechanical switches. Many laptop keyboards and the Logitech I was using previously use a scissor mechanism which is a bit nicer. Cheap keyboards are based on rubber domes. Kinesis makes some weird looking ones that some people swear by, and there are matrix-type layouts, I decided I would continue to risk carpal tunnel syndrome with a “normal” layout for the time being, as I don’t want to optimize my brain for a keyboard type that would only be available at home. Enter Geekhack and some interesting discussions at Stack exchange, and it quickly became apparent that there is more to it.įirst choice one needs to make is the layout of the keyboard. My worldview after 2000 was essentially that laptop type flat keyboards are the way of the future, and keyboard choice mainly depends on whether you buy a Logitech or Microsoft one, and do you get the top of the line model or an OEM version for 15 euros. ![]() Update: If you’re interested in this review, you might want to check out my continuation with the Topre Realforce 88UB. And when I get such a project, I did what I always do: Went totally overkill with research and ended up spending a few hundred euros once I had made up my mind on the “most optimal choice” for me. ![]() Last summer when I switched to US layout in coding and started using Vim, I started thinking that maybe I should upgrade my seven year old Logitech keyboard to something hopefully better. The keyboard is something that I use daily, and whether I’m writing e-mails or coding, I’ll likely do several hours of typing a day. ![]()
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