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You're just not looking hard enough. Sonnet, Tomo, QK75, Zoom75, Thera75 V2.

There are just a lot of great 65s and 60s too. It's been a great year of keyboard releases.

First I'll be designing following the traditional 60% design then it'll be easy to extrapolate. Do you guys prefer long travel? Short travel?

This "new" type of keyboard is really new, I don't want to post much details for now, but I've ordered everything I need and have been hard at work on drawing the key layout. First versions will be hand wired, but eventually will be PCB.

To get your attention, I will say that this keyboard won't have keycaps.

I don't disagree with you. I spent HOURS, and so much money to try this mod or that to fix the GMMK Pro, and I eventually came to the conclusion that I just needed to take a loss and sell it off. I absolutely loved the layout of the GMMK Pro, but the sound and feel were so off. I'll probably order a QK75 because it has a very similar layout but with enthusiast level design and implementation.

I'm not sure why you've been downvoted so much here, everything you've said is perfectly accurate

I have an unmoded redragon 60% keyboard at home (waiting for stuff to get here, to start the modding). I use home pc for gaming most of the time, so i dont really need the F row or arrow keys for that matter.
I have (still unpacked) keychron q1 waiting for xmas, that i will be building in the xmas time for office job. I prefer the 75% layout if i had to choose between the two.

It's function over form, which is frowned upon on this sub where the lunatics are still competing on eliminating more and more keys from what would be considered as "keyboard"

I just think 75s have almost the functionality of a TKL for most people, and are not much larger than a 65. I suppose if you code, the TKL has functionality for you tough, so yeah... gotta agree with you.

Agreed to a point. I'd like one 100% in my collection. I missed the Odin, and the keychron doesn't appeal to me.

I've just ordered a Sonnet.

As for the GMMK Pro, I have one and I'd rather cut my testicles off with a rusty knife than pay Glorious even more money to fix their crap design. Not a great board, and not one of my better purchases.

What you need is a keyboard that can be reprogrammed...

So first, I assume you know the 65% layout right?

If not, you can always map the right mod cluster to become arrow keys on a 60%. How often do you REALLY NEED right Alt, right Ctrl, right Shift and Menu key? Not for me, so on my 60% they become the arrow keys

Then I map the FN key to Caps Lock, I can access most functions with my left hand, plus you can reduce the size + weight of your keyboard

Well, try and you will see why :D

If you map the FN key to Caps Lock, then you can access most functions you need with your left hand, plus you can reduce the size + weight of your keyboard

If you need arrow keys then 65% will solve that problem

I used to feel the same

Until I map the FN key to Caps Lock, then it changes everything

I can access most functions I need with my left hand, and reduce the size + weight of my keyboard

If you need arrow keys then 65% will solve that problem

Uhm...75% is very popular already

I think what we need more now is more creative layouts that incorporate the numpad, I love 1800 and 96% but they are not the only way to do it

However I do admit that 75% is a much better compromise between compactness and usability, also 75% can showoff keycaps better than 60% (more keycaps)

We need more 1800/98% layout there's like 4

True. I recently bought a mechanical keyboard 2nd hand for 6euro [it has some cheapo clickies]

but for projects/making a macropad its quite the steal.

Especially as the keycaps itself are worth as much as I paid for it

QK75 comes out at the end of the month, Sonnet is one of the best boards of the year, Akko is pumping 75s out like candy, Glorious released a flexkit for the GMMK Pro, Aero75, etc…

Same, i love the look of 60 and 65% but i MUCH prefer the functionality of 75 and tkl

like 70% of keyboard gb's have been 60/65% boards. Need more 75's so I don't feel as bad buying another board just because its a different form factor than 3 of my other boards lol

Same 😂

I don't think this is the cause of the ESD issue. While interesting, the PE sheet has to touch the PCB no matter what. Once the ESD is discharged, the sheet should remain discharged, no?

I want more 100% :(

I like tkl for coding and general typing, but I might switch to a 65 or 60 for gaming soon.

75% is my absolute limit. I cant understand why people prefer to go below that.

this might be being shown because apparerntly some space65's are being broken from ESD