AstonJ

AstonJ

My next keyboard is going to be Ortholinear

Here’s why:

He makes a convincing argument against staggered, and the first comment sums it up:

Once I learned why the staggered is the way it is (to avoid jamming a typewriter), my brain was raging until I finally got meself an ortho board. It’s 2020 people, probably time to get rid of your typewriter keyboards.

Anyone got an Ortholinear keyboard? Do you prefer it? Does it make a big difference?

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