I really like typing on the Apple Magic Keyboard, been a fan for years. But it’s a full size one and my desk space is kinda small, so I’m finally cracking and going to try a tenkeyless keyboard.
Also for the first time in over a decade I’m going to dip my toe (okay hand toe) back into the mechanical world.
Keychron K8 hopefully turning up tomorrow. Will be interesting to see how I get on with it. Real danger this could turn into an expensive hobby…
@davep My main irk with the Apple keyboards is the half-height up/down arrow keys. Gimme full-size arrows, damnit!
At home I have a Drevo Calibur V2 Pro, which I absolutely love with the sole exception of the backtick which requires a meta key - a total pain in the ass for all the Markdown I write.
@davep Weird, I’ve never had a problem with # or £, (option-3 and option-shift-3 resp. IIRC—not at my desk ATM) with the (Apple) UK map.
@nullifidian It’s just that I prefer 2 keys to 3 to get a #. Type that often, £ seldom.
@davep I checked my layouts and it's [option+3] for `#` and [shift-3] for `£` here. Like you I almost never need `£`, so I guess I must just have built up the finger-muscle memory!
@nullifidian Oh, yeah, you're right. Come to think of it I don't think it was motivated by 3vs2 keys; I think it was motivated by odd key positioning and, at one point anyway, a clash with Emacs (I map opt to super in Emacs).
@nullifidian This is why, of the Apple keyboards, I use the full-size one: chonk arrows.
And, ugh, yeah, I'd find the ` thing annoying. Also why I always run Macs in Aussie keyboard layout and not UK. I use # way more than I use £.