Request: Alternative key sculpts (or coverings) for the Model 100

[joelwatsonfish (Joel Fish)]

I love the Model 100 (I actually bought one for home and one for work), but I’ve found that sometimes I have difficulty differentiating the thumb buttons. And sometimes when I play video games, I need to move my left hand between standard position and shifted one column to the left (for the usual WASD directional control), and it would be great if I had some better tactile feedback for when my hand was in the wrong position. It would be great if there was a “flat” (i.e. not convex/concave) set of keys I could purchase, or some other way to “feel where I was”. If there’s no plan to create a different set of key-caps, can anyone suggest a work-around?

[moseslee90]

i rmbr some folks pasted one side of velcro tape on some of the thumb keys to make it easier to feel, you could try that!

[pgallaway1 (Pgallaway)]

There was a thread some time ago on 3d printed keys with improved thumb homing bars

Model 100 thumb arc - Shift and keyboard shortcuts

I have adapted the model from @superfell to have more obvious bumps. One variant with two vertical bars and one variant with three dots. I found someone to print them for me with ABS like resin. See the attached pictures for the result. I think I prefer the vertical bars over the dots. The bars could have been further apart. The dots could actually be more subtle, but both are ok. If someone is interested in the models, they can be found at GitHub - hupfdule/m100-thumb-keycap. Be aware that…