<p>"Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone?"</p><p><a href="https://www.doc.cc/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-numeric-keypad" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.doc.cc/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-numeric-keypad"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.doc.cc/articles/a-brief-hi</span><span class="invisible">story-of-the-numeric-keypad</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a> <a href="/tags/keyboards/" rel="tag">#keyboards</a> <a href="/tags/numbers/" rel="tag">#numbers</a></p>
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<p>At this point I would somewhat seriously consider commissioning someone to design a keyboard that is just the Kinesis Advantage 360 Pro (including its build quality - meaning weight, heft, and durability), but with Choc v2 low profile switches (and the appropriate spacing for that switch type). Specifically the upcoming Swallowtail switches from Beekeeb.</p><p>My days of having time to muck around with keyboard builds/assembly/firmwares are long gone, but man, I'm rocking a Kinesis mWave while my 360 goes in for RMA repair, and the Choc v2 switches fix the spacing and stability problems of Choc v1 just right. I love everything about my KA360 except the key travel/height (MX is just way too much these days). This mWave is showing me I just want... exactly the KA360, but with Choc v2 switches.</p><p>Get on it, <a href="/tags/mechanicalkeyboard/" rel="tag">#MechanicalKeyboard</a> nerds, you definitely have a minimum of one customer (probably for two <a href="/tags/keyboards/" rel="tag">#keyboards</a>, at that) if you can make it happen 😛 Bonus points if you can somehow squeeze in index-finger trackpoints (or I'll accept trackballs, OR trackpads with inertia simulating a trackpoint/joystick) on each side for scrolling and cursor movement.</p>
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<p>Considering a <a href="/tags/splitkeyboard/" rel="tag">#splitkeyboard</a>. <a href="/tags/moonlander/" rel="tag">#Moonlander</a> seems to get a lot of praise. What else should I put on my shortlist?</p><p><a href="/tags/keyboards/" rel="tag">#keyboards</a> <a href="/tags/ergonomics/" rel="tag">#ergonomics</a></p>