Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)
i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²
¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid
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I use my moonlander with the thumb clusters pushed all the way up instead of down or 'tented'. However this created some wobble so I bought an extra set of feet from ZSA and installed them on the outside of my board (there's already a screw hole there from factory, just need to take the cover off). I love it! I have small women's hands and no problems at all with my moonlander layout , cluster buttons set to my modifiers and space bar.
If you'll forgive my filthy desk picture, here she is:
Thank you for sharing and what a great looking keyboard!
I took a couple pictures to show my hand size and also the feet on the outside of the board (I realized the first picture I showed didn't have them installed!
That's very helpful, thank you - also neat to see which angles you've used.
I ordered my Moonlander earlier today.
Yay, enjoy!
I find the Moonlander thumb cluster not that easy to reach. I have medium/large hands but relatively inflexible thumbs and use only 2 of the thumb keys. (And one of the bottom row keys as a third thumb key. If you do it that way it is probably not much different than the Iris). Personally, I would like the thumb cluster to be closer to the other keys and/or splayed.
I have pretty small hands and found the moonlander way too big. Moved to a skeletyl fromm there. If you need more Keys, have a Look at the sofle v2, which has a more aggressive pinky stagger. Or the keyria.
I can say that not using the thumb cluster is totally fine. At this point I have the innermost button on the left side set to space. My thumb also normally rests there. Can't even say I use the right side one at all.
Hotswap and their switch options are fairly nice; I've had no issue while doing it.
Works straight out of the box, but you will want to mess with the layout to find what works for you.
Their rebinding software is also super easy to use. Massive plus there.