Less keys = better right?

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bro it looks like a moth and that’s sick

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Yeah love the look of it, hummingbird really nails the aesthetic

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Do you prefer the track ball for your thumb or for your middle finger?

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Middle and pointer fingers for sure. Used thumb trackballs for 17 years and now my thumb is starting to hurt. More accurate as well I find

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Or your palm?

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How tf you use that keyboard? No ctrl, shift, num keys?

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Hahah. Layers and combos. You can see a few people’s layouts on 30 key boards at the keymap db website. What’s even better is I actually don’t even use all the keys lol. https://keymapdb.com/

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How are your typing speeds on this?

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80wpm usually but I’ve hit 100 when I am being a try-hard hahaha. Swapped to aptmak a few days ago so I am back to 40-50 wpm now while I get used to the new layout.

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Good luck with aptmak!

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Depends. Is this for an Apple device?

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Why does that matter?

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If less keys is better may depend on if it’s mac or not (apparently).

Could be lack of customisation available on Mac? (guess only)

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You program/configure your keymap into the keyboard’s firmware so it is independent of your operating system. If you use Mac, you put your Mac specific keys into the map where you want them. It’s totally up to you - if you want every key to be “a” you can do that :)

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Hahaha sometimes hackintosh but mostly Linux and windows at work.

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What does this even mean?

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