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3w6 Ergonomic Keyboard

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I was a huge fan of #Miryoku. It feels so ergonomic and logical that I “mastered” it in a matter of minutes.

But Miryoku has a fatal flaw. Using Modifier + Letter/Number + Nav button is impossible without very custom mappings.

I am trialling a slightly modified RSTA layout on a 3w6 #ergokeyboard starting. It does everything but feels less ergonomic.

https://github.com/rstacruz/my_qmk_keymaps

Pros:

  • No home-row mods;
    • fewer misfires.
  • So far every combination is reachable.

Cons:

  • No Home Row Mods;
    • once you master Home Row Mods and learn to respect the delay, they become like pure magic, and you wonder how you could have lived without them.
  • Position of Ctrl, Enter and Backspace makes it a pinky heavy layout
    • this I will have to tweak as an appeal of smaller ergonomic keyboards is focus on thumbs, rather than on the pinky.

The ergo-journey continues.

Jarek Rozanski
Jarek Rozanski
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