HatchetHaro

bro it looks like a moth and that’s sick

My guy, I’m supportive of your idea and search for a keyboard with those extra keys. It’s just… you’ve been and are still being super defensive about it, and definitely blowing it way out of proportion.

Yes, I agree, you shouldn’t have to learn to touch type perfectly to get into split keyboards. No, the people telling you to chill out a bit aren’t the same people that are telling you to learn how to touch type.

You’re being critical of a community that is mostly supportive, just because of a minority of elitists.

As you can see, a lot of us disagree with your actions so far, yet we’re still being nice about it. Again, the people telling you to chillax are still supportive of your search for your split keyboard.

Stop replying to every comment that even so slightly misaligns with your own opinion of the community. Stop painting proper feedback as villainous enablers of the elitist few.

Just chillax, take what you want from the comments, thank the supportive ones, and move on.

For context, before I made that comment, about 50% of the top level comments were to the tune of “just fix your typing lol”.

That being said, I feel OP is also being super defensive, which only paints them as a critic of the community rather than as someone who wants to participate in it.

I myself don’t even own any ergo mech keyboards; I’m just interested in them.

Oh, that’s an amazing idea.

Such a simple design change but honestly it’s a genius move.

I think going custom is your best option. Keyboard enthusiasts often adhere to their “perfect” touch typing methods, and thus there is often no demand for split boards with these duplicate keys, which is a shame.

Here are the apps I’ve used for Lemmy on Android!

• Liftoff - my current app of choice. It’s very fast, supports the gestures I need, and while it lacks a bit in appearance customization, it makes up for it in speed and features.
• Connect - I originally wrote it off due to the inability to disable swipe gestures, though I tried to switch back to it after that feature was added. It’s now a very pleasant experience, with a lot of customization! The only downside is that it is still slower than Liftoff at the moment.
• Jerboa - decent, but buggy.
• Lemmotif - no features, no logins, no customization, no posting, no nothing; just pure, blazingly fast, Lemmy doomscrolling.