Which type of Keycaps to choose?

posted 1 year ago

For my first ergo split keyboard im waiting for the release of the keeb.io Iris rev 8. I am planing to experiment with layouts and will be moving my key caps around a lot. Therefore should I be looking for flat profile caps like XDA, DSA and KAM or are there any big downsides to them?

Currently I am using a Keychron K3, could I use the low profile keycaps on the Iris?

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deax0@lemmy.worldOP

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1 year ago

I think in the beginning it would help to see the legend on the key you are pressing. On the other side, you wouldn‘t learn touch typing by looking at the keyboard…

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Necromnomicon@lemmy.world

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1 year ago

To counter that, put a print out of your keymap on the side of your monitor. That way if you don’t know where something is, you can find it there, then try and hit the keys without looking at the board. If you do that, it doesn’t really matter what your legends are.

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