the southpaw layout is nice but the finger print reader is weird to me because side jobs just mess up your fingerprints like soldering do it makes very little sense to me besides vanity.

It's a nice layout, but i think it would be cool to shift the f row to a cluster on the left of the numpad. Edit: hopefully there's layout options for 7u spacebar, split backspace and stepped capslock

OK!

I agree with this, id ditch the reader and combine a home, end, delete, and page up/down on the right in its place.

I need them now. I’m getting 5

This is my dream board. If only there was a wireless (Bluetooth) version with a volume knob in the upper left corner.

Enjoy the heck out of it!

numpads on the left should be more common, it just makes so much more sense when you want to use it and the mouse. Nice! :)

That lil octopod’s a Kolkrabba! Like this: https://m.imgur.com/a/b9wSmAI

I mean, southpaw 1800's exist, you're just never going to see 100 different ones like you do 60/65's. Nothing to lose sleep over.

Meow! <3

I'm in the process of making a flipped full size (kind of) basically a tkl on the left and some extra buttons and an oled for layers.

Like Duck Blackbird but turn it into a Southpaw like yours with the full, non-flipped numpad.

Also hate that the sub is called customkeyboards. In relation to the rest of the hobby, the customization is mid. So many people are doing crazy 3d printed and even hand wired builds. Those are custom imo. r/customkeyboards should be r/bougiekeyboards or something.

I’ve been an Apple user since 1989 and have three mechanical keyboards…

It’s probably just me but I’m not a fan when arrow keys are a notch down

Yes. Linus just like to perpetuate the “Apple fanboy” stereotype for clicks. Damn near every developer I know uses a MacBook Pro for work

It could be useful for excel warriors, change cells with arrow keys, input values with left hand

https://flashquark.com checking in here :)

Good. Good. Keep going. Soon they’ll be stacked and in the closet to make room for the rest. Don’t question yourself even if you one day find it hard to walk through the room because of stacks of unused switches and keycaps. It will all be fine. Trust me. I’ve done the math.

I guess we could use the big-ass Apple logo stickers that came with our Apple computers 🤣

Just go look at r/customkeyboards rules about no plastic

>No Plastic - Expensive plastic (polycarb customs, Korean plastic customs) are acceptable, as is OG plastic, but plastic kits from Taobao/Aliexpress/Amazon/etc. are not.

Lol weirdest elitism, no plastic unless its this specific plastic!

bruh excessive punctuation with two exclamation marks 💀

That layout gives me nightmares, lmao. Hopefully you got used to it, OP!

>silent switch boards sounds mushy

well...they kinda are

when you bottom out a silent switch you hit silicone dampeners. Which obviously would feel and sound mushier than just bottoming out on a solid material

Thanks, I've only won 2 raffles at Archetype (maybe that's a good thing for my wallet)
I hope you get your hands on one someday!