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My Keychron Q8 Pro in its final form (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Etnaphele to c/[email protected]

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Keychron Q8 Pro
Gazzew U4Tx + a couple of Kailh Box Navy switches
MTNU Beige keycaps (lovely new profile, GMK made double-shot PBT, expensive - even more due to Colemak)

I bought the keyboard immediately when I found out they made a BT version of the Q8 (I use a Q10 daily at the office), as I was looking for an iPad compatible one. Very happy with it!

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[–] Etnaphele 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean the keyboard layout (Alice) or the keymap layout (Colemak)?

[–] n3cr0 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean the keymap. So Colemark it is. Thanks!

[–] Etnaphele 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You’re welcome! More specifically, ColemakDH ;) Resources:

Actually it’s thought for touch typing, but having the correct legends helps sometimes and it’s just nice.

[–] rishado 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sold on the concept but like, what's the transition like really? Have your muscles forgotten qwerty at all?

[–] Etnaphele 2 points 11 months ago

Yes I indeed forgot QWERTY after these few months exclusively using Colemak! But I never learned touch typing with QWERTY to begin with, so there's that. I read that you can train and keep both layouts memorised, but I just went all in. Who knows if I will ever have to learn QWERTY again in the future, I for sure hope not :)