Are there any non-nerds in this forum? Selecting for keyboard interest should filter anyone who isn’t at least a Level 7 Nerd.
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Another MV project announced. MV T3rminal using GMK UV Printing.
Cool board in the renders. That is a future project of Pantheon Keys.
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Monokei making a low profile switch board. Hotswap. Choc v2 switch and stabilizer profile. $189. Late Q2 2024 delivery estimate:
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No! It’s a special place 
I’m surprised how many keyboard nerds (in other venues) I’ve seen wonder whether anyone “even uses the winkey, anyway.”
Keychron, too. Is this a thing now? I mean, I know it’s a thing…
I also saw one positioned as more bespoke/designed…oh yeah.
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Related the above discussion about the Win key, why do some prefer WKL layouts?
I don’t mean to mean to ask “why have no win key?” (as I understand reasons for some to avoid having any key mapped to “win” or “super”), but rather why put gaps on the bottom row? Why not just keep the key there and map it to something else? Or rather just close the gap, by moving the keys in the bottom corners inwards (like an HHKB style layout). Presumably, those corner keys are still useful, right? So, why not use the space to make those corner keys easier to reach?
I understand how an HHKB-style bottom row is more ergonomic. Is there some similar benefit of having the bottom row gaps of a WKL layout? Do some people find it more ergonomically pleasing? Is it about muscle memory for reaching far to the bottom corners for control? Does the gap make it easier to feel out the position of keys on the bottom row?
Just curious, if you happen to use and prefer WKL, what are you personal preferences and reasons?
Sorry for the repeat posts.
Mostly I think it’s visually aesthetic. HHKB has more of an aesthetic and ergonomic/adherence-ish to the actual HHKB for people, I believe.
EDIT: I think it points to a widening market. These are a next step from flat-keyed laptop keyboards, not to say they don’t have attraction for people already into keyboards.
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That knob looks super cool. I wonder if the real thing will live up to the renders 
Not that I use low profile switches or need a knob for anything. Nuphy has been doing lowpro for a long time now, but their new Air series boards are sleek too.
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It looks retro, because some early PC keyboards had that gap there.
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Nevermind. It is just caps, and not quite what I had envisioned
There’s a mousepad too
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DCX Solarized Dark is available for preorder; gotta say, one of the tastiest looking DCX sets so far IMO
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Agreed, probably would’ve completely passed on DCX Solarized if I knew this was coming (or if I knew I’d score a set of DCS Sol Dark dirt cheap). Oh well, guess I’ll have the full DCX Solarized experience after Sol Dark ships. Not like I’m a keycap hoarder or anything… 
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I’m so tired of the “AI boom” that is getting marketed. Was bad enough when software wouldn’t stop mentioning it, but now to push the marketing onto the hardware… I use my “super” key constantly in my Debian / Sway setup. Figure I could make it do something else if I ever had a keyboard with a “copilot” key.
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Dipping my toes into the Hall Effect realm because, “all I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that’s the end of the magnets…”
To better understand how magnets work
(I will never get tired of this meme)
I decided I was going to try to toss Wooting’s 60HE+ Module into the Salvation and give it a try. While I am happy that they are allowing you to pick up the PCB and plate w/o having to buy the rest of the board, the price is still a little steep… Now it includes the PCB, PC plate, standoffs, silicone and poron dampening and screw in stabilizers. While I am used to MX solder and hotswap PCBs costing between $35 to $75, and plates ranging from roughly $20 to $60, that would mean that either those stabs and that dampening are pretty legit, or HE PCBs are a bit more intricate than what I am used to.
I haven’t paid attention to HE switches either until Gateron’s KS-20’s came out, as I’ve just heard that the Lekker switches that come with Wooting’s HE60 are pretty garbage. I like Gateron, and I think their switch quality has improved dramatically since I have gotten into this hobby. I decided I was going to try the KS-20 Oranges in the Wooting PCB all the way up until I saw the Geon Raptor HE switches.
If you have followed me long enough, you know how much of a Geon fanboi I can be. I won’t deny it. I will go on record saying that having tried a lot of other manufacturers for things such as switches, tools, and accessories.
I find my self always coming back to Geon because there is a level of quality that I have not only come to expect from something wearing the Geon brand, but also appreciating the details that can easily be overlooked by other manufacturers. The attention paid to those detail let me know how dedicated he is to this hobby and it’s community. I have no problem giving him my hard-earned cash because I know I’m getting what I pay for.
So now I find myself with two batches of Hall Effect switches and just one 60% PCB. Not a big problem, right? I am sure I can find a nice home for whatever I choose not to go with.
And that’s when Wuque Studios/Meletrix decides to swoop in and answer my prayers. They are releasing their own stand-alone HE PCB kit that will fit into my Zoom75 called the BOOG75 HE Module
This option is much cheaper and can fit into a board that I feel is better suited for gaming than my Salvation. Just like the Wooting 60HE Module, it comes with a PC plate, poron dampening, and screw-in, factory-lubed stabs. But it also appears to come fully populated with Gateron KS-37B HE switches as well.
All of this for under $100. 
I think this year we will not only see the rise of more HE boards, but EC kits are also being seen as options in some of the newer boards coming out as well…
2024 is going to be an interesting year for keebs for sure. 
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I have been using the Chosfox L75 with Kailh Pro Red Choc V1’s. It’s not a bad board and it’s portable enough to toss in my backpack and hook up to my laptop so I am not stuck using the keyboard on that and possibly moving the mouse by brushing the touchpad.
I can tell you that I will NEVER lube low-profile Choc switches ever again. Finding the switch cracker for those switches took some time…
For now, I’ll stick with my full-sized switches
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I think you’re right.
I got an email from MelGeek this morning about their own HE board about to come out. It’s nice to see! I remember watching one of Thomas’ videos like 5 or 6 years ago thinking, man, that Hall Effect keybaord is cool, too bad its an ancient Soviet terminal no one can ever use for anything - and now we have a selection of them that fit MX keycaps. Love it. 
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Did you guys see the IC for GMK Extended?
It’s interesting to me because now there will be oblique GMK legends available for new designs 
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