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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
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Old version in the back, new version in the front. Fresh off the printing bed. Haven't tested it yet, but pretty happy on first inspection. Have a few sneaky features. Aiming to release it in a month or so to the community. Using it as an excuse to try out Lemmy :-)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

that is pretty slick looking, what are you using the second trackball for?

edit: should have read first 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Needed for 4D chess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That actually sounds super useful for 3d design. You can get 3d mice that are meant to have enough axes to get full control (can't actually remember how), but with two trackballs you could have rotation on one and translation on the other. You'd be missing one axis of each, but you only really have two axes for each when you use a normal mouse. And all without moving your hands from the home-row, if it's positioned well for it. I kinda want that now...