Is This Weird Keyboard Any Good? Niu Mini 40% Review

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[@WolfgangsChannel]

My 40% layout: pastebin.com/BTkAFb04 (you can upload it to QMK Configurator: config.qmk.fm/#/) Niu Mini 40% from KBDFans: kbdfans.com/products/niu-mini-40-diy-kit DSA Blank Keycaps from KPRepublic: www.aliexpress.com/item/32856011185.html Coiled miniUSB Cable: www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/152744334919

[@_yuri]

i am thinking corne with aliaz silent

[@WolfgangsChannel]

@@user-xe7dc2sz7o What the hell is CIS

[@WolfgangsChannel]

@@user-xe7dc2sz7o Oh. Yeah, I'm Russian, actually.

[@WolfgangsChannel]

@@user-xe7dc2sz7o Мне 25 и загоняться точно не стоит - в 19 я и англ. толком не знал. Слепое изучение языков которые тебе в жизни не пригодятся это точно не признак развития, разве что тебе просто нравится изучать языки. Мне конкретно они все в какой-то степени нужны, поэтому я их более-менее знаю. Английский всем более менее нужен, подтянуть его можно потребляя англоязычный контент, благо его в избытке.

[@Nga_Babaye]

How many languages do you speak man? I tried mastering a 3rd, but I think I tried learning when I was too old.

[@sfbshoccho]

the most amazing part was your fluency in different languages WOW

[@WolfgangsChannel]

A lot of takes and jumpcuts :D

[@vitaliiboiko5565]

в какой стране живеш что так получается поддерживать все языки?

[@Neptune1991]

@@WolfgangsChannel but damn your French was perfect !

[@lemnisgroucatlinux847]

@@Neptune1991 hmm not perfect but very good

[@wilsonjholmes]

Biggest flex tbh

[@Nonicknameprettypls]

Your russian is really fluent, i thought my brain was playing some kind of trick on me when you pulled that off

[@h.b.5577]

@@pedrogonzalez5590 Is he? I loosely recall him mentioning in one of his past videos that he lives in Germany.

[@dameck9570]

@@h.b.5577 He does live in Germany

[@dameck9570]

@@basketpourrie Well, I just saw that video too, but thank you for clarifying that in the thread :)

[@chakotay9996]

Im impressed with your language skills. Care to share how you learned them and what moitvated you?

[@christbaumer]

@Jakub Klimczak The right path to become a 30 year old boomer …

[@ciarfah]

Franz-Josef Christbaumer Time to go consoom loquat

[@ivans3806]

Same here. German, Russian, French and English only in this video. Impressive! Voting for language related video on Wolfgang's channel.

[@user-yh7zc9ke4s]

Lets see: russian - native english - everybody is learning it in school german - he lives in germany, so he had a lot of practice french - idk why he needs it but its much easier to learn the fourth language than the second

[@SaHaRaSquad]

As someone who's been using a 40% ergonomic keyboard for about 9 months: it's amazing and I can't imagine going back to a full-size keyboard. The fact every single functionality you'd see e.g. on a normal laptop keyboard is available without moving the hands back and forth, and just as fast because you basically just use the thumbs for more than pressing a single oversized spacebar. Including stuff like the arrow keys which are directly under the fingertips at all times. But beware, I'm a hardcore Vim user and am comfortable with keyboard shortcuts, so YMMV. The tip about not using blank keycaps is good for beginners - I started out with a ~50% keyboard with basically the same layout and number row, and even though I didn't use the number row it still helped to see at a glance which number is hidden where. Nowadays I can enter everything without looking at keys, so over time you can probably go for blank keycaps as well if you insist. Also in my experience it's possible to use a 40% keyboard and still switch to a standard keyboard now and then. The first few times it's a bit strange but over time the brain learns to differentiate between the two. So I can still use a normal laptop keyboard, for example, but it feels much more cumbersome because all the keys are spread out farther. And I went for Aliaz 70g switches instead of the 60g, but I can confirm those are really damn quiet. Comparable to an average laptop keyboard as long as the case is quiet enough.

[@int_i]

Окей, за что ты так со мной, я чуть не умер когда ты заговорил на русском, причем почти без акцента, можешь не пугать так пожалуйста

[@WolfgangsChannel]

Постараюсь

[@termx260]

@@WolfgangsChannel ну это конечно даа... это круто!

[@user-wr9ce4up8k]

Сколько ты язык знаешь вообще?

[@the_monarch2172]

Yeah what he said

[@phimtown]

@@the_monarch2172 lmfao

[@freetobe3]

Jesus... that multilingual brain is freaking hot... *cries in 2.5 languages*

[@gorby997]

Cries in 3.5 Languages

[@hotgamerboy6240]

*cries in .5 languages*

[@TheSupergabriel64]

*[makes sad noises]*

[@oscwavcommentaccount]

*cries in 2.25 languages.*

[@BigTylt]

*Cries in 1.75 languages*

[@SeboxFX]

You speak russian, french, german, english you must be german listening to your accent. Are all German so fluent in different languages ? Dang it ! I'll probably stay with my TKL keyboard but still it'd be interesting to see if it actualy optimize my typing experience or not .. Good Video man, very informative thanks !

[@erikkruger3409]

Definetly not nativ german speaking, but impressive anyway! Keep going Wolfgang!

[@marioschroers7318]

@@erikkruger3409 He's a Russian German, so he is definitely a native speaker of both German and Russian, I assume. Edit: Well yes, his German carries some accent (never heard him speak German before actually). But who cares? He seems to be a really talented guy.

[@RedFenceAnime]

A lot of people in Europe speak their native language a neighboring country's (or 2) language and English.

[@SeboxFX]

I do only speak French and English and I don't know for others European country but French people definitly don't apply to your rule ahah, but yes still a very talented dude !

[@thelanguagemonk]

@@SeboxFX Are you French?

[@fargoflagrant7796]

Wolfgang is fluent in English: pretty impressive, he doesn't even have a very strong accent Wolfgang flexes his British accent: that sounds really natural, I guess he learned with a British teacher or spent some time in the UK or someting Wolfgang is fluent in French: okay, this boi has big brain Wolfgang is fluent in Russian: Wolfgang is a Russian spy android. He is was created with ancient technology uncovered from a mysterious meteor crater found deep in the Siberian steppe.

[@WolfgangsChannel]

SCP-6478 The Chelyabinsk meteor experiment

[@PseudoPseudoDionysius]

Wolfgang's subs are 60% more infatuated with him after this video.

[@MSK120]

So when do you switch to 20% keyboard?

[@nicow8634]

No joke. Als du angafangen hast auf Deutsch zu reden, hast du meine gesammte Weltanschauung durcheinander gebracht und dann auf einmal noch fließendes Französisch und Russisch(das kann ich nicht einschätzen). Auch die Tatsache, dass du dir mehrere Layouts beigebracht hast ist wirklich beeindruckend. Ich wollte das nur mal loswerden. Bin selber interessiert am Lernen von möglichst vielen Dingen, aber das, was du machst, beweist Durchhaltevermögen des Todes

[@lefacteurchance]

very impressed that you've heard of bépo,considering only a tiny percentage of the francophones are aware of its existence

[@ruchejok4946]

Ugh. Now I wish I could hear all the other linux-oriented youtubers speak Russian, because I was not, in any concievable way, prepared to hear you speak it, and got legit shocked.

[@GhostRider5555555]

С первого мною увиденного видео знал, что вы -- русскоговорящий. Просто у меня так же голос меняется, когда начинаю на английском говорить. Прямо чувствую напряжение в горле, когда слушаю вашу речь.

[@alexanderdell2623]

он вроде как немец,но русский у него действительно хороший

[@paulantoni1934]

That sponsor transition made me think like wow some new competition for Linus Then I paused the video to read the split second message at 3:26

[@MrChillDill]

Very cool seeing a switch type I've never heard of! Hearing you speak 4 different languages was crazy impressive too. Can you make a video talking about how you learned them so fluently?

[@anthonyc417]

Great video! It all makes far more sense and now I actually have the terminology I needed to search for items.

[@xXPK26realXx]

I personally use a Planck since half a year and I do not regret it. The biggest downside is (like Wolfgang said) mapping the umlauts properly on the smaller layout. But I got used to it quite fast.

[@hugomoran8777]

weird multilingual flex but ok

[@ruchejok4946]

Actually if you don't have any video idea planned for the forseeable future, I belive it's safe to say most of us here would love to know what environment are you stuyding languages in - what's your workflow, how have you configured your linux (mac?) for it, what general tips and advices can you give on tackling languages in our digital age.

[@aaronwelker3742]

Nice to see that a 40% ortholinear can be used practically. I'm having a hard enough time on my 65% with FN + Shift + Esc for a ~. Also just getting into programming and not sure if I will need page up/down etc.

[@cordestandoff2358]

40% keyboard can support 2 or 3 "fn" key. So you can setting ~ like fn2 + esc. (Yeah, my english very bad, becose i from russia, хаха, лол :))

[@Bee2beeh]

7:58 Это было великолепно

[@rogafe_sec]

Fuck, I am french and live near the German border you have a perfect German accents the french one is really good too. Cheer man dedication to language is good.

[@christianemek8036]

Realy nice impression of your language skills. Thanks for that, i was very suprised listening to your German Accent.

[@senseored]

Two points: 1. There's definitely an advantage (at least for me personally and the way I use the keyboard) to a 40% instead of a larger keyboard. Quick access to arrow keys, the number pad, macros and even controlling the mouse without ever leaving the home row by just pressing, holding or double pressing macro buttons is a HUGE DEAL. 2. Blank keycaps are also better and less confusing for me, since the E button (for example) isn't just E for me, it is also 3, Next Track, F3 and # depending on which layer I am on.

[@matt92hun]

It looks like the perfect vim keyboard, if you are not really concerned with other languages. I regularly switch between several different keyboard layouts, so blank keycaps wouldn't be any less helpful than whatever static layout. A 40% keyboard just sounds a bit cumbersome when the language you're trying to type has more letters than you have keys on your keyboard. To French speakers I wholeheartedly recommend bépo, you don't have to break your fingers while typing and it includes Æ and Œ, which are missing from the default AZERTY layout for some reason. Azerty is the worst layout I've tried so far, it doesn't even support the language it was supposedly designed for. I use the term "designed" lightly here, because in my headcanon they just messed up the QUERTY layout before slapping on some French letters for the sole purpose of being different.

[@WolfgangsChannel]

>Azerty is the worst layout I've tried so far Agreed

[@alefsantos835]

that linus segue way style

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

I reallz enjoz zour kezboard videos! Being the layz American that I am, I’m reminded of the time I lived in Zurich and never bothered to learn the QWERTZ kezboard and instead just tzped everzthing from QWERTY muscle memorz. I hope zou do more kezboard videos in the future!

[@WolfgangsChannel]

Why did I read it with German accent

[@marioschroers7318]

Cheers Wolfgang! The keyboard topic really has been haunting me recently. Currently, I have a Vortex Poker 3 RGB ISO-DE in use, but will swap it for a Poker Black ANSI-US. Indeed, I realized way too late that the ANSI layout is not only superior in terms of economics (better symmetry, much nicer Enter key), but it is in fact far more suitable for text input in virtually all languages that use Latin script when used in conjunction with a Compose key, similar to vim Digraph feature. I think I will map my Compose key to Right Alt / AltGr. That said, I guess ortholinear layouts and blank key caps are not for me though. I first need to improve accuracy of my touch typing, but then I wonder, won't blank key caps kinda undermine the purpose of RGB lighting? As for alternative layouts, I have been digging into that as well in terms of research, but I wouldn't want to have ZXCV and HJKL swapped for OS and vim keybindings, so any other alternative layout won't have any point. BTW, respect for your language skills. For some reason, I learned how to read Cyrillic script (sorta), but don't actually speak any Russian. I think I should change that.

[@olafschermann1592]

Awesome watching you speaking so many languages fluently.

[@loonie209]

As a French person with a weird keyboard with blank keycaps who learnt to type on a Dvorak layout but then considered Colemak and is now using Workman, I don't fully agree that blanks is such a bad idea! It's somewhat easier to have the legends on the keys, but a piece of paper with the layout on it between your keyboard and your screen does the trick too. Especially if the goal is to learn to touch type! As for typing French, I made my own Workman keyboard layout with all the accented keys on the layer you get when pressing alt, including œ. I like it because Alt is in a comfortable spot on my keyboard and then I don't have to reach all the way to the number keys to type accents. But I guess it gets a lot more complicated when you regularly type German and Russian on top of that!

[@DavidLindes]

Shout-out to the lispers who got excited around 5:59. :) (what-better (than this)) ; => nil ;) P.S. Kudos from one American that actually appreciated the multi-language info. Thanks for that!

[@Slate245Ivanovo]

Seeing someone so easily switch between english, german, french and russian is just stunning. Чувак, я понимаю, что основной фокус твоих видео - это всякие технические штуки, но все равно. Ты крутой. Anyway, as someone who's steadily getting more and more keyboard videos suggested on youtube, I was wondering, is it a rabbit hole that's worth getting into? Those enthusiast-grade boards sure look great, but the price is putting me off significantly

[@WolfgangsChannel]

Спасибо :) It's an expensive hobby alright, and your wallet isn't going to be happy. I try to keep my keyboard expenses to the very minimum and only buy a keyboard if my current one broke. In case of Vortex Cypher I just needed a second keyboard for work, so that's why I got Niu Mini. Now I use it at home too

[@loganbussell4855]

Been using Colemak on my Planck for about 2 years now and I'll never go back. Glad keyboards like these are getting more popular!

[@rauljosegarcia]

I'm about to go ortholinear and I'm wondering about difficulties in going back and forth between ortho and regular. Thoughts after your time using ortho? Do you still use regular keyboards? How's the transition?

[@UCFc1XDsWoHaZmXom2KVxvuA]

Congrats for 30k subs!!

[@ivans3806]

2:35 funny you tell this, I personally found blank keycaps forced me to memorize and internalize the keymap on muscle level memory (typing this on 3d printed handwired split dactyl manuform with Colemak layout). Edit: I'd suggest having a backup keyboard to enter your passwords would be helpful for first week or so - of course with laptop you have this built-in.

[@blackpancake5612]

Same, I've never used legends. I'll first memorize the full layout from pen and paper fluently to make sure I don't introduce early bad habits and mistakes when I start rewiring my muscle memory.

[@wojtuz4542]

Great product placement! Keep going that way

[@EdLrandom]

Congrats on a sponsor

[@keyboard-slayer]

Wow, really good french pronunciation ! But i had problem hearing the part when you said "En aucun cas"

[@NikolajLepka]

The ergodox has staggered keys too, though They're just staggered vertically, rather than horizontally

[@sugoruyo]

Here I am in Jan. 2021 watching this, when he says "next couple months"... **cries in Covid**

[@GGShinobi77]

Ich bin nur hergekommen um zu hören wie Wolfgang in mehreren verschiedenen Sprachen spricht! :)

[@73N5H1]

Also, if you set up your layers well, you're not sacrificing anything with a 40%. It's actually more efficient because you're bringing the keys to you. My 2nd layer has numbers on home row with 0 on thumb so you can type as fast as with a num pad, f keys are on top row and symbols are on bottom row. Much faster to access than a full sized keyboard. No sacrifices. Also, most used keys are on thumbs. Right thumb has spacebar, with enter and esc to the right of that, left thumb has backspace with del and tab to the left of that, holding space or backspace is how you shift and holding enter or delete is how you access the number, symbol, and f keys layer. By far, having shift on thumbs is the most useful change you can make, easy to capitalize a single letter or a string of letters with either thumb without having to having to do the shift dance that a normal keyboard layout makes you do

[@73N5H1]

Oh, and right and left ctrl are where shifts normally are and right and left alt are where enter and caps lock normally are

[@ablanchi]

0:38 ...the angle of that keyboard dude... do they even use keyboards at linus tech tips?

[@SaHaRaSquad]

That's the best setup if you wanna kill your wrists, lol. It's like a baby putting a shoe on the hand because it doesn't know what to do with it.

[@tehchonka5031]

@@SaHaRaSquad ironic because its having the opposite effect on an ergonomic keyboard

[@Lilithe]

I NEED those silent key switches. That seems so nice!

[@shadowcore94]

Using both German and Russian on a 40% I just put the arrows on a layer and have Ö(Ö and Ä are swapped, so Ä is next to l)and Ü in the bottom right. I also swapped -_ with ß. For Russian you'll end up missing ъ, which is put on layer above ь - just like on your phone. There are DSA/XDA keycaps with proper printed legends, that visually support the layout. Sadly none are German + Russian, only either of those exist. Finally: The Planck is not using a plastic case, it's milled Alu. Personally I prefer the Planck, as it's lower in profile and is not angled. The newer versions are even hotswap and there is a low profile, aswell as a high profile case.

[@WolfgangsChannel]

Thanks! I’ll definitely consider the ъ placement

[@jameshall5556]

The thumbnail hits the nail on the head...

[@2disbetter]

Your mastery multiple language deserves a comment, and you know it. Very impressive.

[@WaaveLvl0]

"Cherry MX Browns are too loud, my coworkers used to give me looks" *Laughs in Outemu Blues* ...everyone hates me

[@SimGunther]

Beamspring solenoid mode ACTIVATE!

[@hu-ry]

I just use the US-International Layout, if you wanna use Umlaute for german, french or nordic languages and have the right alt-key as a distinct "Gr Alt"-key like on a QUERTY. Right-ALT + s = ß Right-ALT + L = Ø Right-ALT + q = ä ... etc. you get the just of it. I love my Leopold FC750R with cherry mx silent red switches now. Had blue switches before that and I loved them as well, but they are pretty loud as you probably know.

[@Dan96XD]

Just went bonkers when you just started to switch languages non-stop. I barely know my second language. How the hell, dude???

[@FHangya]

dude. wow! Another polygloth! SO rare, awesome stuff ^^ Happy to hear you speak so well :)! (half-Russian here)

[@slick99951]

Hearing you swap to russian and talk so fluently was really creepy, i must applaud your skill, very, very impressive.

[@IchOdaNich]

I 100% get the appeal of custom keyboards but other than the aesthetics I do not get 40% keyboards. I like full size Keyboards with extra macro-keys. i even thought about adding a secondary programmable keyboard for macros. Also pretty decent german.

[@DavidLindes]

In a word: ergonomics. Less moving of your hands means less strain... I recently watched this video, which I thought had a pretty good explanation of the motivations: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpionKipoq1gb80

[@chirpybee]

Agreed - do not get blank keycaps. Do not even consider it. Also - I went with Kailh SIlvers on a Planck EZ 40% and they are far, far too light! I like to lean on the keys lightly to keep my location -get something with more "resistance" on these boards !!

[@zero422ful]

You must be the only German ytber that does not sound German, great work love your videos.

[@somnvm37]

though he sounds russian (maybe you don't hear this, but at least for us it's kinda obvious)

[@user-dm2jy2im3k]

7:58 Я чуть со стула не упал. Привет из России.

[@luckyvin400]

Hey danke fur deine empfehlung mit Umlaute auf dem Tastatur. Ich habe nicht gedacht das ich eine 40% Tastatur benutzen konnte. Aber jetzt vielleicht versuche ich.

[@helidrones]

I really enjoy my good old full size Keytronic KT2000 E3602 from the 1992. It feels so real.

[@fidelity_dance_video]

Russian speech blew my mind! I have Planck EZ and it was no effort to figure out where to place those three russian letters. I made one layer to store missing symbols in a way that mimics their positioning on an ordinary keyboard. Letters Х, Ъ и Ë are kept here too. The biggest issue is still to create a layout that helps write code in a convenient way while keeping similarity with ordinary keyboards. This sounds challenging but modifying layout does not appear to be a big deal. The benefit of small 40% keyboard size comes out to be noticeable after adaptation. It's really cool to have full-fledged numpad under one hand and I don't need to stretch my hands all the way to top row with numbers.

[@RonnyOlufsen]

I am very impressed!.. both by your language skills and the keyboard!

[@kaspersergej]

Wait what, you don't use a full size keyboard? What a blasphemy, someone call the inquisition right now! On a more serious note, great content and style, subbed and bell'd!

[@dmitrynikolaev5743]

Ergodox is not ortholinear, it's staggered collumns (instead of staggered rows in ANSI/ISO keyboard). It's also called ergostagger. You should try something more ergonomic than ortholinear. Try Corjik, Jian or Corne. Or you can spend a whole bushel of money and get Manuform.

[@isak1917]

Ooh Super nice video! Personaly own a Planck and a NIU Mini and have been using them for Gaming,Code and everyday use for around 3months and i really like them! Ortho is the way to go!! Personaly have mine Built with Creams and TangierinesV2.

[@Pumpkin-Link]

Inspired by your video I set up 1ms macros on my Anne Pro 2 so I could type the Portuguese characters çõãàê⪺ more easily using the Fn2 key, which I made to be right beside AltGr, this way I don't have to sacrifice the `~ key as a dead key as I use it a lot for programming. The more common chars áéíóú were already mapped to AltGr with just one key press on the "US Intl. with AltGr" layout on Linux. The good thing about Linux is that despite the ObinsKit limitations, I can input any char with macros just using the Ctrl+Alt+U unicode input mode (similar to the alt+numpad combo on windows), which is the case for ª and º

[@elias2737]

Where are you currently living? Germany?

[@MarkusBurrer]

I use a dead key for ä, ö and ü. I can type all other letters like ë, ï or ḧ this way. There are other dead keys e.g. for french and other languages

[@Keyshooter]

yay for the 30K!! (I know is joke but please don't sell out to linus, you are like 300% times better), tbh, my mother language (spanish) is the only reason taking me away for this kind of keyboards, is really hard to find the ñ letter in the places i have seen, but this video gives me good ideas about the keyboards and actually it surprises me with the layout part

[@notusingmyrealnamegoogle6232]

The honesty and fairness on this channel is great

[@nicojar]

Ah, merci, tu as répondu à beaucoup de questions que je me posais sur le Planck :) And well done for your nails video!

[@elnahir]

Random comment, but are you still using the Logitech MX Ergo? Would you consider making a review on it? Stellar considerations and keyboard advise, btw!

[@dmitrynikolaev5743]

2:45 Why not print your keyboard layout on a paper sheet and put it next to a monitor?

[@Pakanahymni]

RE: Noise: I have a tenkeyless mechanical, and a 100 cm wide "mousepad" so that both my mouse and keyboard can rest on top of it, and it dampens the clickety-clack by a factor of two or three. Highly recommended.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

And it's a nice cushion for elbows, and you can still write on paper normally on it. Agreed, those deskpads are a great value for the price they're often going for and I can't recommend it enough.

[@hamburghammer2855]

Epic Video THX for the advise with the German layout

[@yadtahir9443]

Keep the good work; I love your channel :)

[@glitchinLife]

Him: Do you think I'm flexing with my weird keyboard?? Also him: hold my beer, I'm gonna tell you about it in 4 different languages 😂😂😂 Love it bro, good content

[@xorlux]

HOLY SHIT MAN CAN SPEAK 4 LANGUAGES ?!?!?! , GODDAMN YOURE TALENTED , keep on with the content brotha !

[@yaochen1188]

your content on your Channel is awesome, thank you for inspiring us newbies to the tech world : )

[@lxhan]

Вольфганг, подписан на тебя очень давно, но не знал, что ты говоришь по русски. Я понимаю, что это по большей части технический канал, но может расскажешь про свой бэкграунд побольше?

[@viktor133100]

I really find an ortho 40% interesting. แต่บางครั้งผมขอมีสามารถให้พิมพ์ภาษาไทย And that would be a real pain without a number row and the extra symbol keys. Par hazard, ton Français est vraiment trés bien. Роко.

[@ArcherNX1701]

Great keyboard! I like the quiet keys too! Have you heard of a much smaller keyboard you can use with one hand? It was called Frogpad. They are out of biz now but I’m trying to find one.

[@thumbwarriordx]

Ortholinear kicks ass for videogames. Fighting the fat finger problem at the source.

[@WolfgangsChannel]

Ortho keyboards are usually 60% or smaller, so they might be suboptimal for some games where F-buttons and arrows are involved. On niu mini there isn’t even a number row, so MOBAs aren’t that great

[@007Knightjp]

Kudos on the trackball as well. I myself like weird stuff. I am currently using the Bastron Glass keyboard and an Elecom HUGE with my Hackintosh. Are you left-handed?

[@awk_mark]

Really considering buying one right now. Also how did you learn all these languages so fluently, damn.

[@HeyNavi]

What microphone are you using? I like anything that’s small, which brought me here to the 40% layout niche

[@WolfgangsChannel]

Comica VM10

[@cbtplus6133]

Would disagree about RSI. Heard somewhere that biggest issue is the "tilt", that your hands take when typing. So using stand is a no-no, and, naturally, high mechanical keyboards are much worse than low-profile. From personal experience this is true, but maybe its a question of getting used to, as I type only on low-profile keyboards, and thin notebooks

[@ivanf.8489]

Yah, but I also heard (my doctor told me) that when typing you shouldn't rest your wrists, you have to "levitate" them in a way that your hand and your arm makes a straight line, not an angle. You can only rest your wrists on the table when you are not typing. So I think if you do that the profile of the keyboard doesn't matter that much.

[@producdevity]

That language switch is a weird flex but cool as hell

[@MarkusBurrer]

I use the PUO layout (adnw.de). German letters are on a separate layer. I also highly use the layers 3 and 4 from the Neo2 layout. I only have one shift key on the left thumb and I use the thumbs for layer 3 and 4 and Ctrl

[@abdullahabd7677]

I won't get rsi Hands while typing: ( )

[@Supertimegamingify]

Maybe I'm a freak, but I'm fine with the blank keycaps on my contra 4x12 keyboards.

[@porky1118]

A blank keyboard shouldn't be such a big problem. You know most of the keys anyway, and if some key is really special, you could just mark it manually

[@WolfgangsChannel]

Blank keys aren't an issue with traditional staggered layout keyboards, but having an ortholinear keyboard to get used to AND not having a visual reference - that's a pain, at least the first couple of weeks.

[@exxstacey]

Привет! Крайне классная клавиатура, обзор очень понравился, всё ждал, как на русском заговорите :)

[@chzcake44s]

Dvorak--->Colemak--->Workman--->Carpalx(?)

[@PixelBeamTM]

for french, french canadian or canadian multilingual qwerty should also work

[@unfa00]

I didn't expect a video that's simultaneously in 4 languages...

[@FranciscoMorales-qk4ux]

Hi, I saw that you have a Focusrite audio interface and I wanted to ask, did you have any problems using it with linux? I'm a musician and I also have a Focusrite so that's why I ask. Awesome video btw, cheers

[@WolfgangsChannel]

I used to have zero problems with it, but lately I've been having this weird issue where PulseAudio would randomly change the sample rate, and all the audio would become low-pitched. Pretty weird.

[@FranciscoMorales-qk4ux]

@@WolfgangsChannel That's really weird and problematic as the sudden change in the sample rate can bring aliasing issues, maybe there's an app interfering with the audio, anyway, thank you for taking the time to reply, you make awesome content.

[@iLiokardo]

*Not good* for your wrists! Ulnar deviation. I recommend _split_ grid keyboard.

[@unzkipriime4283]

bro is the language god for no reason

[@TurboZarya]

I love weird keyboards too! But not as much as you apparently, I have a 60% keyboard and I love it!