I’m writing this on my newly arrived Model 100. And it’s not easy. Previously I’ve used a Kinesis Ergo. No one else in my office could use it (a nice benefit to keep them off my system) but I adapted relatively quickly. The keys were in locations that felt natural as a touch typist. It was quite aw…

I am in the same boat. I have had my model 01 for years. I have tried using it a few times and really don’t like it. I am not sure how other can love this keyboard when it veers so far out of the other ergonomic keyboards forcing you to relearn. I think I am going to just finally give up on it and r…

I’ve used the Model01 for three years as my primary keyboard, and the Model100 for about a month now. I rest my wrists on the wood. Palms are raised just enough that I don’t press the Fn/Fun button. I use my index fingers for Esc/Tab/Enter. This seems natural to me, though I admit I keep typing En…

I may be there myself. Exactly the same feelings as you expressed. For multiple reasons I want to like it. The build quality is terrific. First impressions on taking it out of the box were great. But hands on… I haven’t seen a keyboard as software configurable as this. So I’m going to keep trying …

Some of the questions I have myself. But some thoughts which might be helpful. People how get problems when using the keyboard for many hours often seem to rest the palms and not type floating. The angle of a split keyboard (like MS Natural or Sculpt, Logitech K980) is IMO the most important ergo…

[image] keithf: I bought during the crowd funding and waited years only to be disappointed by a terrible layout. But the layout is fully configurable? If you know where you want those keys you can can remap it to be so

In reply to OP: I felt very similarly when I first recieved my Model 100 and also took a similar approach of giving the default layout a fair go before changing things. I rest my palms on the keyboard. Reach seems fine for my hands, although I think my palms do lift up to type numbers. I use my fo…

Exactly. That’s one of the best parts about the keyboard. You can put any key you want anywhere you want. I had my layout already carefully planned out even before the keyboard arrived at my door step.

I am an average typer, and the first days with the 100 I was a 4WPM typist. Things have become much better, and now I dread having to work without the 100. My hands rest on the wood, with the fat part of my thumb just over the Fn keys making them easy to press by rotating my hand down. The big s…

I’ll add that I think the ortholinear adjustment is the largest step for new owners. My previous keyboard was split ortholinear so when coming to M100 letter keys are mostly where I want them but I had a steep learning curve on the previous keyboard. The mouse keys aren’t for me and if I moused righ…

I rest my hands on the wood. I don’t really have problems reaching any keys, but I admittedly have big hands. The forefinger is supposed to work the inner keys. At first I found it super odd, but having return/enter on the pointer finger really cuts down on bad ergonomics. I do wish it eithe…

Trying to use the Model 100

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fengkehh (Keh-Harng Feng) December 16, 2022, 7:02pm 15

You can find them here. I did end up switching the position of alt to the left as well.

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