[kwlug-disc] Awesome laptop concept

[Andrew Sullivan Cant]

William,

> - When I configure on the website, I can see the letter and number
> keys.  But, there are many blank keys.  Do you have to configure them
> yourself?

You can configured all the keys, and the default layout from the website
does configure a bunch of the blank keys. I have just used the default
config and found it fine for me.

One thing I don't love is the blank keys. It would be great to get
correctly labelled keycaps for them, but I have not bothered to put in
the time or money to do it. ZSA says that it should be easy and they do
provide a tool to do it.


> - How long did it take you to get used to its layout?

Regular typing was OK but slow right away, and finding non-alphanumeric
keys took a little longer to get used to. I was definitely back up to
speed in a month. Maybe faster but it was not long enough in the past I
do not remember exactly. :)

I printed out the keyboard map and then did some typing tutorials. Both
of those things helped a lot.


Andrew

(P.S.:
For everyone else their configuration page is here
  https://configure.zsa.io/
The keyboard that we are talking about is the "ErgodoxEZ".
)


On 2021-07-31 1:18 a.m., William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> Thanks Andrew.  Good timing... just when I am looking for mechanical
> keyboard, due to carpet tunnel issue.
> 
> Question for you:


> 
> On 7/29/21 3:26 PM, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
>> I have been using an ergodox-ez for 3 years or so. Its been great.
>>
>> The split also means that I can have a wired trackpad in the middle,
>> because I do not want to use a mouse. :thumbsup:
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> (P.S.: I had my eye on the UHK too, but the ergodox-ez was available. I
>> also like the local connection. :) )
>>
>>
>> On 2021-07-28 2:57 p.m., Steve Izma wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 01:00:01PM -0400, Ron Singh wrote:
>>>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Awesome laptop concept
>>>>
>>>> There is a local boy who does this:
>>>> https://ergodox-ez.com/
>>>> His name is Erez Zuckerman, the EZ comes from his initials I
>>>> suppose. I don't own his products not have a vested interest in
>>>> his company, but man, the ideals represented by his keyboards
>>>> are quite awesome.
>>> Thanks for this, Ron. This keyboard definitely has advantages
>>> over the UHK. I'm going to keep my eye on it as well.
>>>
>>>      -- Steve
>>>
>>>
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