Thats a good point. I have a pc and a mac so I should plan for being able to use it with the mac as well. Although I doubt the fingerprint reader will work with a mac

I haven’t used a southpaw before either so I think getting used to the numpad on the left will take some time but will be worth the effort in the long run.

Thanks for the feedback. The Art keys could be whatever you want them to be. I don’t use Fn but it could be put there if you want. Art = artisanal. I just have them as placeholders for the GMK moonlight novelty keycaps

It like it! Very nice

Lol sorry

Thanks!

How do you type with long nails? Whenever my nails get even slightly long my typing speed and accuracy go down so I keep them short specifically for typing. The down side is opening cans becomes harder

Yea my reasoning was that I can use left hand for number entry and right hand for navigation using mouse or arrow keys. I’ll have to give some thought to moving the arrows over since you’re not the first to bring it up

Yea… it makes me sad

Lol. Southpaw boards get me excited too

Oh yea! Do you have a link? I’d love to check it out

That’s a good point. I never thought of that

What is “HHKB” central part?

Well then f-that

Jk. I like those but Im too dependent on my f-row

Amen

Thanks. A few others have mentioned this and I’m glad I asked for feedback. I never thought to switch them but it makes sense

What do you use ‘Home’ and ‘End’ for? I don’t think I’ve even used them

I like it but the reason I kept the arrows on the right is because they are both used for navigation. So the way I see it, by keeping them on the right, it allows me to choose the mouse or arrow keys with my right hand and then use my left hand for data entry using the numpad

Lol yea that’s it

Yea that would be ideal. I thought about doing that originally but then either the boarders or the case would have to be a pretty thick to accommodate the components. It would probably work if I knew how to design PCBs and could more tightly integrate everything but as it stands for right now I’m going to have to handwire. For this to work I also need to include a 2 port USB hub into the case. 1 port for the keyboard and the other for the fingerprint reader

They’re place holders for the novelty keycaps. I’m not sure what I was thinking when I called them ArtN

What’s an exploded nav cluster?

Yea! My thoughts exactly. Excel is such a pain when you need to mouse around and input numbers at the same time.

Also even for gaming it moves the numpad to the left which allows for more space to move the mouse around.

I really don’t understand why southpaw keyboards aren’t more popular

You might be right. Its not obvious from the picture but it’s also going to be raised about 10 mm above the surface. I’m thinking of just integrating a Kingston fingerprint reader. No sense reinventing the wheel. Especially since I’m not smart enough to reinvent it lol

https://www.kensington.com/p/products/data-protection/biometric/verimark-fingerprint-key-fido-u2f-2nd-factor-authentication-and-windows-hello/

Unfortunately there aren’t enough vendors making high end southpaw keyboards. So I guess that means I’ll have to try myself.

Its early in the design but want to know what people think of the layout. Im also integrating a fingerprint reader for Windows Hello Login and autocomplete website passwords.

Keycaps are modeled after GMK Moonlight cause they look so damn good imo