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I designed a lil fantasy keyboard on a plane.

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  • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
    mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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    I designed a lil fantasy keyboard on a plane. Two Tabs, bigger and simpler modifier keys. Bonus: A bit more symmetry.

    (The original is in the second image for comparison.)

    colinstu@birdbutt.comC mwichary@mastodon.onlineM gregatron5@vmst.ioG fabienmarry@mastodon.socialF adamrice@c.imA 7 Replies Last reply
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    • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

      I designed a lil fantasy keyboard on a plane. Two Tabs, bigger and simpler modifier keys. Bonus: A bit more symmetry.

      (The original is in the second image for comparison.)

      colinstu@birdbutt.comC This user is from outside of this forum
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      @mwichary that realization I've used my Right cmd and option keys precisely zero times, ever.

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      • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

        I designed a lil fantasy keyboard on a plane. Two Tabs, bigger and simpler modifier keys. Bonus: A bit more symmetry.

        (The original is in the second image for comparison.)

        mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
        mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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        #3

        Tim Cook hire me you coward

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        • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

          I designed a lil fantasy keyboard on a plane. Two Tabs, bigger and simpler modifier keys. Bonus: A bit more symmetry.

          (The original is in the second image for comparison.)

          gregatron5@vmst.ioG This user is from outside of this forum
          gregatron5@vmst.ioG This user is from outside of this forum
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          @mwichary If we’re designing a fantasy keyboard, it's missing the Touch Bar. There's room for both!

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          • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

            I designed a lil fantasy keyboard on a plane. Two Tabs, bigger and simpler modifier keys. Bonus: A bit more symmetry.

            (The original is in the second image for comparison.)

            fabienmarry@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
            fabienmarry@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
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            @mwichary Why the US layout “Return” key isn't two rows tall (like everywhere else on Earth) will always puzzle me.

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            • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

              I designed a lil fantasy keyboard on a plane. Two Tabs, bigger and simpler modifier keys. Bonus: A bit more symmetry.

              (The original is in the second image for comparison.)

              adamrice@c.imA This user is from outside of this forum
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              @mwichary What do tab-up and tab-down do?

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              • adamrice@c.imA adamrice@c.im

                @mwichary What do tab-up and tab-down do?

                mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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                @adamrice I think it’s probably Page Up/Down!

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                • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @noiob Yeah, there are some funny moments in there. I could still offset them and make Globe bigger and the touch id smaller.

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                  • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @clede Page up/down probably.

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                    • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

                      I designed a lil fantasy keyboard on a plane. Two Tabs, bigger and simpler modifier keys. Bonus: A bit more symmetry.

                      (The original is in the second image for comparison.)

                      frumble@chaos.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
                      frumble@chaos.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @mwichary You could also make the Enter key fill two rows like in the German layout.

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                      • frumble@chaos.socialF frumble@chaos.social

                        @mwichary You could also make the Enter key fill two rows like in the German layout.

                        mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #11

                        @frumble I don’t need that in my fantasy, but I can see the value!

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                        • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

                          @frumble I don’t need that in my fantasy, but I can see the value!

                          mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @frumble I’d probably do a big-ass Enter instead. Dogleg-shaped.

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                          • fabienmarry@mastodon.socialF fabienmarry@mastodon.social

                            @mwichary Why the US layout “Return” key isn't two rows tall (like everywhere else on Earth) will always puzzle me.

                            mora@mastodon.unoM This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @fabienmarry @mwichary Copy that

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                            • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

                              @adamrice I think it’s probably Page Up/Down!

                              adamrice@c.imA This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @mwichary I am suddenly reminded of the Alan Kay quote “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.”

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                              • gregatron5@vmst.ioG gregatron5@vmst.io

                                @mwichary If we’re designing a fantasy keyboard, it's missing the Touch Bar. There's room for both!

                                mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @gregatron5 Please don’t contaminate my fantasy with bad ideas!

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                                • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

                                  @gregatron5 Please don’t contaminate my fantasy with bad ideas!

                                  gregatron5@vmst.ioG This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @mwichary Let's not conflate a bad idea with bad implementations.

                                  The Touch Bar was absolute magic in IntelliJ IDEA when debugging. Good implementations are great!

                                  If the F-keys were there AND the Touch Bar had room to breathe, I think it would have found its groove. Think: app-modifiable action buttons with icons. Trying to have it replace too much at once was its death knell.

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                                  • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

                                    Tim Cook hire me you coward

                                    vga256@mastodon.tomodori.netV This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @mwichary be careful what you wish for

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                                    • fabienmarry@mastodon.socialF fabienmarry@mastodon.social

                                      @mwichary Why the US layout “Return” key isn't two rows tall (like everywhere else on Earth) will always puzzle me.

                                      fabienmarry@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @mwichary I was wondering who I could ask for the reason behind the different US return key... Thought about that dude who kickstarted a whole book about keyboards, looked up his name, his mastodon handle... and came full circle… 👋

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                                      • gregatron5@vmst.ioG gregatron5@vmst.io

                                        @mwichary Let's not conflate a bad idea with bad implementations.

                                        The Touch Bar was absolute magic in IntelliJ IDEA when debugging. Good implementations are great!

                                        If the F-keys were there AND the Touch Bar had room to breathe, I think it would have found its groove. Think: app-modifiable action buttons with icons. Trying to have it replace too much at once was its death knell.

                                        mwichary@mastodon.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @gregatron5 *winces forever*

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                                        • mwichary@mastodon.onlineM mwichary@mastodon.online

                                          Tim Cook hire me you coward

                                          shovemedia@triangletoot.partyS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @mwichary Figma can’t possibly be going *that* badly

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