This keyboard broke my brain - XPLUS VickyBoard

As a guy with a 48in chest, if i don't go for a deep desk a standard slab keyboard does involve some wrist issues, even with a deep desk the only reason my wrists are even remotely in line is because my keyboard is 1.5' away from my torso

I'm an Ergodox guy. It really gives you more for your thumbs to do and puts those keys where your thumbs can actually reach them without having to move so much of your hand. But I understand that split keyboards aren't everyone's cup of tea. That said, I've been using some type of ergonomic keyboard since the 90s.

11:00 "LOL, still missed it" = LOL, I love your self deprecation! Huge props!

so glad companies are trying out ortholinear layouts. I've had to build my own to avoid the inconsistent stagger of more traditional keyboards.

10:20 there's actually a rename button both at the top in the explorer ribbon and at the top of the Win11 right click menu, it just uses an icon of a text entry field rather than having the "rename" written out. You even moused over it, paused for a split second as if you were going to click it, and then made things harder on yourself to prove a point. Still less efficient than having F keys, but not as bad as you're making it out to be

i want one of the "nucleated pint glasses" but it would need to be a double walled glass for it's insulation qualities.

oh I need that trackball shirt

Thanks for the thorough review! Hope your brain recovers! :)

Two years ago I bought myself a moonlander. With the main intention to be able to customize it. Suffice to say, I did really not use the QMK functions very often. The adjustments are nearly all just to access layer 2 more easily and add useful stuff like SysRq, AltGr and Home to the main Layer. The biggest benefit for me is the better location of the delete and backspace key, which nearly always irritates me while writing on my laptop. Another benefit is that it's split apart. Since I'm one of those who has the mouse diagonal in front of the screen this gives me more space to move around.

Microsoft Nat Keyboard 3000 with 70% of the keycap printing entirely eroded away, so it looks like some sort of MS/DasKeyboard illegitimate offspring.

Used a Microsoft ergonomic split at work and it being the keyboard I used at work has tainted ALL split and ergo keyboards for me. So that makes this keyboard an automatic no go even with the beautiful retro clear nature. It also being an Indiegogo that's not a GPD is a no go for me. Plus, one thought on the acrylic clear. I know what my keyboard looked like last week when I cleaned it out and swapped the keycaps. Clear might not be a good thing?

I got my first alice style board a keychron q8 last week and the transition hasn't been hard. But it uses a traditional staggered layout and not an orthonilear one so I can see how it can be way harder.

Thanks for the video. I miss my Microsoft ergo. Is there a mech copy of it?

I recently got the K15. Love this layout. Needs and end key. Good thing I can get rid of insert and remap.

Sorry but your explanation of why keys are staggered on the traditional keyboard is wrong. They're not staggered to help you find the keys, it's more historical in nature.

I'm still daily driving a Microsoft Ergo 4000 which is on its last presses... Would love to find a replacement that equals the ergo.

I kind of want to try an ortholinear again but feel like the result would be the same in that I just can't get used to it. My old man hands just too used to TKL but maybe I'll give it another shot.

The only time my pinkie finger hurt with a keyboard is playing some role playing game. The left shift key (sprinting) is sometimes held down for 1-2 minutes, in total over an hour during a whole session. It is also responsible for the left ctrl key (crouching).

I probably wouldn't be able to do an Alice keyboard without the number pad. I never drilled on number row numeric entry. I was already faster at numpad drills than my school required, so I just used that while typing. It's usually quicker for me to move my hand over to the numpad, enter a digit or two, and move back to the home position than it is for me to reach up past the qwerty row and hit the numbers.

I tried a split layout for all of 10 seconds. The problem is, I type 'b' with my right index finger (about 30% of the population). So unless they put it on both sides, like the alice layout, I'm going to immediately pass on it.