My 34 key keymap... (and how you can create your own)

[Jlaaag]

love love love this. most people look at me like I'm crazy when i start talking about layout efficiency and layers.

[homelessrobot]

> vim
> custom mechanical keyboards
> rust

next thing you will be telling me that your daily driver operating system is nixOS, and you make your own dogfood out of crickets.

[marksmithcollins]

'Good' Layout < 'Own' proficiency < 'Actual' uses < 'Value' created < 'Meaning' for mankind

[fabs]

I’m currently working on my own 34 keys layout, this video is released with the perfect timing ! Thank you ! :)

[markpew]

Nice key map! One suggestion. An issue with home row shift key is what when you use shift while typing fast to capitalize the first letter you naturally roll from the shift to the letter in the exact same way you would roll from that same home row letter to that next letter. So there is no way your keyboard can tell if you are rolling between characters or shifting. If you want to type really fast in a situation where you are using capitals, it would improve your layout functionality even more to include in some way a dedicated shift key. All things considered, nice layout, thank you for sharing!

[oribi]

Such an awesome video. I love the heat maps and you layout example for each problem you note. Will look for more content like this :)

[fluffypinkpandas]

Honestly i feel like this is so helpful.
Additionally it makes RGB and dials have a purpose as Dials can now be your layer/profile switcher, and RGB can color code what the purpose of your layer is. "Orange? Im on symbols" "only 4 keys are highlighted in red and all other lights are dark? Oh im on WASD gaming mode"

[Danielo]

After years of trying to teach people about programable keyboards I have to say you explained it very well

[flip]

I got a ferris sweep recently and this video was really helpful in setting up my own layout. Much appreciated man.

[bangs_edit]

With the amount of effort he is putting in he is about to blow up! Just like nothisisjohn.

[finnk]

Your videos on this are so approachable but full of information! High quality as well. Definitely deserves more attention.

[FreshAlacrity]

Why might someone be concerned with ergonomics *and* want a one-hand layout?
A) Gaming socially
B) If they often use a mouse while typing for other reasons (say, using design software)
C) If they have a condition that impacts the use of one hand
D) Any other reason somebody might want to have a hand free while typing - snacking, pets, the list goes on!

That being said, a trackpoint on both hands of a split keyboard layout is looking really appealing 😂

[leandroperalta]

This week I finished setting up my layers on keyd and kmonad (software rather than firmware). I had to get creative with the use of capslock and the spacebar to make the most of a standard ANSI keyboard. I use Colemak, but I did not re-arrange any of the function, number and symbol keys, I didn't want to fight my motor memory that much. Home row mods are important for certain shortcuts I use in my IDE. I'm pretty happy with the result.

[RodrigoRodriguez-wlvl]

I have seen two of your videos and I have to say that I love them. Thank you so much

[igoragoli]

Thanks for the video. This was the most down-to-earth guide to get into this subject.

[IvanMiheyev]

Great video! For me, the problem with even 40% keyboard is that my main language is Russian and it has 33 letters, and they are cyrillic (so, no dvorak/colemak/other keymaps). Of course I have to keep English keymap (for coding e.g.) so +1 layout at least.

[ahmaddynugroho]

dude, your videos really inspire me to build ferris sweep. I like the design and it's philosophy

[silvahawk]

i never thought of putting mod tap directly on the alphabet keys, thank you for the idea!

[Hendori]

That ferris keyboard seems very interesting. I've been looking up the repo to see if there are gerber files available to print the pcb's myself. I did find them finally between the releases. It looks like a great keyboard, but I will first go for the gergoplex

[simensier]

wow, this was suuuper helpful! And really well explained. I'd love to see more of these, for example on chording, and how you might be able to use callum mods or something similar to limit chording. Or just the different terms of QMK, like you did with mod-tap. That'd help a loooot for sure.