This is awesome! I wish you'd put a list of keyboards used in this video with pictures and names somewhere! Really need names for split ones a 7:24 ! Thank you!
Very good point, sorry about that! Left column: Pinky 3, Corne, Kyria, Pinky 4 Right column: an hhkb 40% case from AliExpress, and Zeta from Southpawdesign.net
@@jebhank1620 I've been using a Gergoplex, but recently got back to my Kyria (with 2 rotary encoders). Between the Corne and Lily58, I prefer the Corne (looks better and I prefer the minimal layout without numbers), but as you can see it's personal preference. I'd say pick based on your comfort level with not having a number row. Lily58 for gaming, where the numbers come in handy.
the stem students were right. indian men reign supreme in terms of explaining things in the most clear and throrough way. this video is insane, thank you for the best explanation i have ever seen.
The progressive explanation from normal keyboard to the *weirdest* is really awesome. The whole evolution really explains the motivation for the minimalist split keyboard. No keyboard is weird after this video. Thanks 🙏🏽
Echoing everyone else, this is an amazing video. You present the information clearly and show a logical evolution from traditional to esoteric. You're a natural educator. Thank you!
Thanks! It's great to see such a well laid out guide! I use a 65% split Quefrency at home connected to my game rig, and a 60% Preonic for the office that I bring in and dock to my Android phone. The dawning of the age of homebuilt kit keyboards has allowed some amazing creative expression and ergonomic solutions, and as a beginner I'm really excited to see where else we can go from here for human interfaces.
Thank you! I feel the same way. I'm currently fascinated by stenography and the various systems available for it. On the physical dimension, I'm closely following projects like the Azeron, not to mention the Dactyl and it's many creative variants, especially those with full-size trackballs integrated. Exciting times ahead!
Excellent video, this would be a great introduction to anyone confused about the stranger smaller keyboards on the market. Addresses why people go for smaller keyboards, while not belittling those who have preferences towards larger sizes.
I could listen to you talk about keyboards for hours dude! I decided to get a mechanical keyboard today, some cheap 75%, so I've been watching keyboard videos all day and this was easily the best I've seen!
Thank you! Although, I believe I barely scratched the surface of how deep this goes. I haven't even covered 3D boards like the Dactyl and Advantage, single-splits like Atreus, steno boards like Georgi, key cap profiles, switch types, spring weights, and on and on!
Dude, this is perfect. Also absolutely love your personal split keyboard at the end, very straightforward. The one big benefit that I hadn't considered before with split keyboards is at 5:05 !
so concise and clear! the how, the whys, with examples and demonstration. I just want to forward it to everyone that asked me of my strange hobby and didn't stayed until the end of my explanation 😆
Great video, I switched to Colemak DH 18 months ago and got a Planck keyboard. Learnt to touch type. Love it! I wish to get into Steno and/or column stagger, split keebs in the future. Your introduction was very good.
It's definitely going to be my next video. In the meantime, I recommend googling "Miryoku layout" for an example of how these small keyboards are actually viable. My layers are here: github.com/GauthamYerroju/qmk_firmware/blob/a26b80bd0b7730bd3989aa2b1e2ac5e79eb5197f/users/gotham/wrappers.h#L150 but I also heavily rely on Combos: github.com/GauthamYerroju/qmk_firmware/blob/userspace/users/gotham/userspace_combos.def
You should give talks, if you don't already. Others said that this is an amazingly clear guide to keyboards. I want to note that it's an amazingly clear guide not because of the keyboards.
Nice video. I'm a court reporter, so I'm used to a totally different keyboard that lets me fly. But I learned a bit more about why I like my Apple keyboard more than a regular one!
Nice work! One other thing not covered here is you can have a bowl-shaped design for each hand instead of a flat keyboard. Like the older Kinesis Advantage (though their newer 360 ver is coming out later this year) and Glove80 (kickstarter end of this month). It'd be cool to see a video on your layout and demonstrating using it while programming. I know people can be skeptical of the usability of 40% layouts.
Super informative and despite basic recording equipment you were perfectly visible and audible (clearly) the entire time - well done on being of a higher standard than many far larger channels
Hi und vielen Dank für die tolle Arbeit. Mit deinem Input kann ich mich auf die Suche machen. Ich habe erst vor ein paar Tagen mit dem 10-Fingersysten angefangen zu schreiben und war praktisch gleich soweit, zu erkennen, dass das alles unergonomischer, unlogischer Müll ist, was da läuft. (Verrückt ist ja, dass das Layout auf die Klemm-Anfälligkeit alter mechanischer Schreibmaschinen zurückgeht... Ähnlich wie bei der Klaviatur, die auch wegen jetzt irrelevanten Gründen immer noch nicht radial angeordnet ist und das Spielen so wesentlich erschwert und ungesund macht.)
I don't own a pc or keyboard and yet I really enjoyed this video. It was informative, interesting and easy to understand. Now I know why those strange keyboards exist.
That was such a good video. I don't own a mechanic keyboard, yet, but I have been watching videos on and about them for months now. This explanation of some of the different types was such a good break down.
I also programmer myself and use my crkbd (corne keyboard, an ortho column staggered 40% layout split keyboard) for my daily driver and survives using it for the last 1 year. I must say I cannot go back to the usual staggered keyboard by now since the comfort of ortho keyboard really makes me lazy moving my finger far away from the home row.
What is the keyboard you use at 7:00? It looks great. As a programmer myself, I have struggle to find something that allows me to type all necessary punctuation
I'm making the switch to ortholinear with a Preonic here in ~2 days. I'm also learning programming, so I expect at some point I'll be looking at the staggered column boards down the road. Thank you.
I highly recommend it! It's the next natural step. But the Preonic is a great intermediate step and a great travel board (although I'm partial towards an Atreus myself).
Great start! Really enjoyed the video - great summary. I especially like that you used what you had - regarding the camera quality - it made the point you wanted to and thats what matters. I dont need 8k for that ;)
I really appreciate it! The camera quality still bothers me, but something is better than nothing applies here. It's great to have that validated and know that I have added value somehow :)
@@gothamdoes835 your video doesn’t cover fine detailed schematics or have anything resembling a need for color accuracy or even being perfectly artifact-free: it was more than clear enough, the lighting was sufficient, and more importantly, beyond the orderly quick-and-brief intro to layers, covered enough in enough detail, with clear speech and audio quality. I suggest for this level of detail, your camera is perfectly sufficient.
Would love to see more videos from you. This was excellent. As a coder, I wonder what it’s like using this keyboard with programs with a lot of their own unique key combinations, such as VIM.
Nice stepwise narration and display. Looking forward for next video. Btw, Gautham, may I know whether one can get a customised key board from you if interested?
We could push it a little more to the 2% keyboard. It's just two keys, one is an FN button that cicles through all the keys in a keyboard, the other is the key that has each normal key mapped as a layer on it.
Haha it has been suggested more often than you'd think in the subreddit! With 2 keys you could also do Morse code. But if you're curious, definitely checkout ASETNIOP and ARTSEY layouts. Not quite 2 keys, but with 10 or less keys, these 2 layouts are actually viable for full typing.
Thank you! Do check out the FAQ in the description for some direction, or check out r/ergomechkeyboards for a great community who can help you pick your next keyboard.
I saw a video where someone had a keyword the size of the tkl but it had a number pad instead of the nav cluster. You know how you can switch the number pad to arrow keys well they were in the location of the nav cluster instead of how they normally are on a number pad. I wish more keyboards where like this
this is awesome video, it explain every why they did this. i just got a split keyboard myself but mine is much bigger, i cant live with 3 rows man i would cry, but maybe one day.
6:25 Does someone know the keyboard in the upper right? The one with what looks like a thumbstick. Great summary of keyboard physical layouts, made me realised the Ergodox has a slight column stagger. Can't wait for your next videos, considering the quality of this one!
Thank you so much! The one on the top-right is the Kyria by SplitKB. An excellent board, it was my daily driver for nearly a year before I switched to the Centromere. That is a rotary encoder (rotatable knob) which you can map to anything you want (volume, move cursor left or right, etc). I will try to make my next video in the next month or so, thank you!
Thank you so much! I used Kdenlive for editing and OBS for recording. I'm new to this, so I just googled and picked the frequently recommended programs. Does the job, but I'm open to suggestions :)
Great video. I'm on a Ferris Sweep (34 key split.) been on a 34 key Colemak layout for about a month, not easy to get used to, but i am finally getting close to a tolerable speed. If you make a follow up video, be sure to include some dactyl variants :-)
@@ShawnFumo ahh, my bad, it is 34, I will correct my comment, thanks. One of my friends actually uses only 32 keys on the same board, though he did not remove the key, just did not bind it to anything. Also I'm happy to report that my speed is now close to my original qwerty speed on a full size board.
This is awesome! I wish you'd put a list of keyboards used in this video with pictures and names somewhere! Really need names for split ones a 7:24 ! Thank you!
Very good point, sorry about that!
Left column: Pinky 3, Corne, Kyria, Pinky 4
Right column: an hhkb 40% case from AliExpress, and Zeta from Southpawdesign.net
@@gothamdoes835 thank you!
@@gothamdoes835 What happens to be your favourite among these split keyboards? Trying to decide between the Corne and Lily58 Pro
@@jebhank1620 I've been using a Gergoplex, but recently got back to my Kyria (with 2 rotary encoders).
Between the Corne and Lily58, I prefer the Corne (looks better and I prefer the minimal layout without numbers), but as you can see it's personal preference. I'd say pick based on your comfort level with not having a number row. Lily58 for gaming, where the numbers come in handy.
@@gothamdoes835 Can you share your build details please? Are yours wireless/ rechargeable? (By the looks of it?)
That was the most clear guid to keyboard layouts i have EVER SEEN
Thank you so much!
@@gothamdoes835 I was just thinking the same. Then I noticed It's all resonated in the comments. Nice work!
it really is
@@rubenb.molina6968 thank you!
@@guydudemanperson8963 thank you!
the stem students were right. indian men reign supreme in terms of explaining things in the most clear and throrough way. this video is insane, thank you for the best explanation i have ever seen.
Thank you, glad you found it useful!
The progressive explanation from normal keyboard to the *weirdest* is really awesome. The whole evolution really explains the motivation for the minimalist split keyboard. No keyboard is weird after this video. Thanks 🙏🏽
Great guide, dude. Clear, concise, and well put. The 7 mins literally flew by.
Best keyboard explainer I’ve found yet. Thank you!
Thank you Jonathan!
Bro this is better than like 90% of the videos I saw. Thx man 👍
Thank you so much!
one of the only videos on yt that’s able to explain the layouts concisely, as well as what they effectively mean for user workflow. nice one, dude
Echoing everyone else, this is an amazing video. You present the information clearly and show a logical evolution from traditional to esoteric. You're a natural educator. Thank you!
This is incredible, the way you flow from one layout to the next! Couldn't believe this was coming from such a small channel, subbed!
Thank you so much!
@@gothamdoes835 Thank YOU for the video!
WOW despite the camera quality you managed to make a great video. Very detailed and informative, engaging, and entertaining. Well done!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks! It's great to see such a well laid out guide! I use a 65% split Quefrency at home connected to my game rig, and a 60% Preonic for the office that I bring in and dock to my Android phone. The dawning of the age of homebuilt kit keyboards has allowed some amazing creative expression and ergonomic solutions, and as a beginner I'm really excited to see where else we can go from here for human interfaces.
Thank you! I feel the same way. I'm currently fascinated by stenography and the various systems available for it. On the physical dimension, I'm closely following projects like the Azeron, not to mention the Dactyl and it's many creative variants, especially those with full-size trackballs integrated. Exciting times ahead!
Excellent video, this would be a great introduction to anyone confused about the stranger smaller keyboards on the market.
Addresses why people go for smaller keyboards, while not belittling those who have preferences towards larger sizes.
I could listen to you talk about keyboards for hours dude! I decided to get a mechanical keyboard today, some cheap 75%, so I've been watching keyboard videos all day and this was easily the best I've seen!
That's high praise, thank you so much!
I was just getting down the keyboards rabbit hole, this demystified a lot of things for me. Thank you!
Thank you, and I'm glad I could help!
This is an excellent explanation on the different kinds of keyboard layouts while also conveying how much of a rabbit hole this hobby is
Thank you! Although, I believe I barely scratched the surface of how deep this goes. I haven't even covered 3D boards like the Dactyl and Advantage, single-splits like Atreus, steno boards like Georgi, key cap profiles, switch types, spring weights, and on and on!
Dude, this is perfect. Also absolutely love your personal split keyboard at the end, very straightforward. The one big benefit that I hadn't considered before with split keyboards is at 5:05 !
Thanks! I usually have my plate there when I eat my lunch :D
very good video, not too slow nor too fast, no useless information or advertisement, straight forward, good voice, informative. THANKS
Thank you, I appreciate it!
so concise and clear! the how, the whys, with examples and demonstration. I just want to forward it to everyone that asked me of my strange hobby and didn't stayed until the end of my explanation 😆
This is by far the best video explaining keyboard layouts i've seen. Great work.
This video is the most comprehensive I can find, I it took me some efforts to find it again. Now it is saved. Good work.
Who needs production quality when you genuinely have the best keyboard layout explainer for noobs. Well done, best explanation I’ve seen ever.
Great video, I switched to Colemak DH 18 months ago and got a Planck keyboard. Learnt to touch type. Love it!
I wish to get into Steno and/or column stagger, split keebs in the future. Your introduction was very good.
Please do a follow up detailing the layer options for your keyboard, the layers you chose, and why.
It's definitely going to be my next video. In the meantime, I recommend googling "Miryoku layout" for an example of how these small keyboards are actually viable.
My layers are here: github.com/GauthamYerroju/qmk_firmware/blob/a26b80bd0b7730bd3989aa2b1e2ac5e79eb5197f/users/gotham/wrappers.h#L150 but I also heavily rely on Combos: github.com/GauthamYerroju/qmk_firmware/blob/userspace/users/gotham/userspace_combos.def
@@gothamdoes835 yes we need the video
@Gabriel Beauchemin 🔜
@@SoftwareSadhu I will try to make it happen in the next month!
@@gothamdoes835 Going to wait... TIA
Amazing work man, no stutter, fluid and relaxed, I learned many things, thank you very much.
Thank you, glad you found it helpful!
7:18 what's this black version keyboard name, where to buy, and it's cost? In INR
Another great example of a small youtuber doing great videos. Thanks
Thank you!
Wow, I got a clear idea about the keys in keyboard which I overlooked all these days.
Excellent explanation waiting for more videos Gotham Does :-)
Thank you very much!
Very nice explanation. I'd add a mention of the importance of the thumb cluster, both for frequently used keys, modifiers, and layer activation.
You should give talks, if you don't already.
Others said that this is an amazingly clear guide to keyboards.
I want to note that it's an amazingly clear guide not because of the keyboards.
Nice video. I'm a court reporter, so I'm used to a totally different keyboard that lets me fly. But I learned a bit more about why I like my Apple keyboard more than a regular one!
Wow !! So clear and to the point
Nice work! One other thing not covered here is you can have a bowl-shaped design for each hand instead of a flat keyboard. Like the older Kinesis Advantage (though their newer 360 ver is coming out later this year) and Glove80 (kickstarter end of this month).
It'd be cool to see a video on your layout and demonstrating using it while programming. I know people can be skeptical of the usability of 40% layouts.
Super informative and despite basic recording equipment you were perfectly visible and audible (clearly) the entire time - well done on being of a higher standard than many far larger channels
This was so clear and concise. Hope you get more views
Best explanation of ergo keybaoards I ever seen!
That's high praise, thank you!
Great explanation - clear and concise! Thanks.
I'd also add a reference to the thumb cluster.
Amazing presentation. Really is the best explanation of a keyboard on TH-cam.
Thank you!
Incredible video of top quality and pedagogy, congrats !!
Probly the best video about keyboards I've seen in years.
Hi und vielen Dank für die tolle Arbeit. Mit deinem Input kann ich mich auf die Suche machen.
Ich habe erst vor ein paar Tagen mit dem 10-Fingersysten angefangen zu schreiben und war praktisch gleich soweit, zu erkennen, dass das alles unergonomischer, unlogischer Müll ist, was da läuft.
(Verrückt ist ja, dass das Layout auf die Klemm-Anfälligkeit alter mechanischer Schreibmaschinen zurückgeht... Ähnlich wie bei der Klaviatur, die auch wegen jetzt irrelevanten Gründen immer noch nicht radial angeordnet ist und das Spielen so wesentlich erschwert und ungesund macht.)
Drops a video with the clearest explanation of keyboards, Refuses to do any other video, leaves. Absolute chad.
As an engineer, this is great. The why and not the what. Thank you, glad my monotonous search queries eventually had this pop up in my recommended.
I don't own a pc or keyboard and yet I really enjoyed this video. It was informative, interesting and easy to understand. Now I know why those strange keyboards exist.
I'm glad you liked it, thank you!
Well done, mate! Looking forward to more content, specially on split mini keyboards such as the Centromere Mini. Typing on my Gergoplex. :)
Thanks! Gergoplex is my next build, and I've been putting off building it so I can do a build log video for this channel :)
That was such a good video. I don't own a mechanic keyboard, yet, but I have been watching videos on and about them for months now. This explanation of some of the different types was such a good break down.
Easy to understand and straight to the point, great video!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I also programmer myself and use my crkbd (corne keyboard, an ortho column staggered 40% layout split keyboard) for my daily driver and survives using it for the last 1 year. I must say I cannot go back to the usual staggered keyboard by now since the comfort of ortho keyboard really makes me lazy moving my finger far away from the home row.
Completely agreed! Going back to a horizontal stagger keyboard makes me uncomfortable and vaguely irritated now.
What is the keyboard you use at 7:00? It looks great. As a programmer myself, I have struggle to find something that allows me to type all necessary punctuation
Great video! Makes it very easy to understand every "normal" layout out there in coustum keebs.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
I'm making the switch to ortholinear with a Preonic here in ~2 days. I'm also learning programming, so I expect at some point I'll be looking at the staggered column boards down the road. Thank you.
I highly recommend it! It's the next natural step. But the Preonic is a great intermediate step and a great travel board (although I'm partial towards an Atreus myself).
nice explenation! I just got into ortholinear 40% boards. You should keep making content!
Thank you, that's the plan!
The clearest intro to this universo so far.
When are you going to upload more?
Subscribed and crushing on your script writing!
Really great video! I'm so in love with your keyboard! For someone with small hands and a lot of wrist pain, he looks like a dream lol
Great start! Really enjoyed the video - great summary. I especially like that you used what you had - regarding the camera quality - it made the point you wanted to and thats what matters. I dont need 8k for that ;)
I really appreciate it! The camera quality still bothers me, but something is better than nothing applies here. It's great to have that validated and know that I have added value somehow :)
@@gothamdoes835 your video doesn’t cover fine detailed schematics or have anything resembling a need for color accuracy or even being perfectly artifact-free: it was more than clear enough, the lighting was sufficient, and more importantly, beyond the orderly quick-and-brief intro to layers, covered enough in enough detail, with clear speech and audio quality.
I suggest for this level of detail, your camera is perfectly sufficient.
FANTASTIC video. Just plain fantastic.
I'm gushing now, haha! Thank you so much!
Wow, great video.
You give an awesome quick summary.
Thank you!
Would love to see more videos from you. This was excellent. As a coder, I wonder what it’s like using this keyboard with programs with a lot of their own unique key combinations, such as VIM.
What should be my search term if I am looking for key caps like at 3:05? I want to see what is on other layers printed on the keycaps.
Great video. The way you explain it is very logical and follows a nice progression. Thanks!
Thank you!
Nice stepwise narration and display. Looking forward for next video. Btw, Gautham, may I know whether one can get a customised key board from you if interested?
Thank you :)
Just let me know your budget and use case, and I can help you build or pick one!
Bro you managed to make a great video out of a slide show
You did a very good job, keep the good work up
We could push it a little more to the 2% keyboard.
It's just two keys, one is an FN button that cicles through all the keys in a keyboard, the other is the key that has each normal key mapped as a layer on it.
Haha it has been suggested more often than you'd think in the subreddit! With 2 keys you could also do Morse code. But if you're curious, definitely checkout ASETNIOP and ARTSEY layouts. Not quite 2 keys, but with 10 or less keys, these 2 layouts are actually viable for full typing.
Incredibly well explained, thank you!
great summary
Explained so clearly, thank you!
6:45 what is the keyboard on the top right?
i think its the kyria btw
@@jumpyjo28 indeed, it's the Kyria.
Nice quick explanation. Looking for a better keyboard and happy I came across this.
Thank you! Do check out the FAQ in the description for some direction, or check out r/ergomechkeyboards for a great community who can help you pick your next keyboard.
6:55 with these split keyboard, is it not hard to ctrl+ numbers at the same time? I’m not sure how hard it will be to memorize layers
This was a very clear and well organized video. Thank you for your explanation 🙏
Really awesome guide! thanks for putting it together!
Indeed, this is great!
What a great structured video. Thank you!
this is a great video! it's a shame you stopped and haven't shot anything else! you're good at it!
Thankyou for making this!
really well explained, and they way you explain this feels like im learning evolution not mechanical keyboards!
Thank you very much!
Subscribed, this was easilly the best and right tot he topic video about this.
This video was super informative and concise. Thank you!
Great video, man. Very well-structured and to-the-point. Love it!
I saw a video where someone had a keyword the size of the tkl but it had a number pad instead of the nav cluster. You know how you can switch the number pad to arrow keys well they were in the location of the nav cluster instead of how they normally are on a number pad. I wish more keyboards where like this
Agreed! One of my first mech keyboards was like that. It was a Cooler Master Storm TKL.
this is awesome video, it explain every why they did this.
i just got a split keyboard myself but mine is much bigger, i cant live with 3 rows man i would cry, but maybe one day.
6:25 Does someone know the keyboard in the upper right? The one with what looks like a thumbstick.
Great summary of keyboard physical layouts, made me realised the Ergodox has a slight column stagger.
Can't wait for your next videos, considering the quality of this one!
Thank you so much! The one on the top-right is the Kyria by SplitKB. An excellent board, it was my daily driver for nearly a year before I switched to the Centromere. That is a rotary encoder (rotatable knob) which you can map to anything you want (volume, move cursor left or right, etc).
I will try to make my next video in the next month or so, thank you!
Thanks Man. That's a lot of help.
Now I know that I need a 75% Keyboard without a doubt.
Awesome! It's great to see the vid helped you gain clarity, thanks! :)
Wow for ur 1st video this is awesome! So informative! Out of curiosity what editing software did u use?
Thank you so much! I used Kdenlive for editing and OBS for recording. I'm new to this, so I just googled and picked the frequently recommended programs. Does the job, but I'm open to suggestions :)
Such a lucid explanation amazing
Just missing explanation of key Wells and thumb clusters
What a great presentation! I loved it!
GREAT VID! Very ragtag but hey you "work with what you got" and you did some great work.
Hahaha thank you!
Great video. I'm on a Ferris Sweep (34 key split.) been on a 34 key Colemak layout for about a month, not easy to get used to, but i am finally getting close to a tolerable speed.
If you make a follow up video, be sure to include some dactyl variants :-)
I thought the Ferris Sweep is 34 keys, or did you remove a thumb key on each side?
@@ShawnFumo ahh, my bad, it is 34, I will correct my comment, thanks.
One of my friends actually uses only 32 keys on the same board, though he did not remove the key, just did not bind it to anything.
Also I'm happy to report that my speed is now close to my original qwerty speed on a full size board.
Really best video about keyboard types ❤
Hey man please do more videos! Your content here is awesome
This needs 100x more views
Excellent video, very clear and informative
subscribed for the amazing explanation on the different layouts! hope there will be more vids!
Thank you so much! I have been neglecting the channel, but you have inspired me to make the next one happen :)
Very good presentation. Good tempo. Well thought out and presented. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much! I put in effort on getting the tempo and information density right, so I'm happy you noticed it!
nice video with clear transitions
100 subscriber!! Amazing guide as well :D
Thank you for the sub!
After this, can you from now on please explain everything to me? That was awesome!
Hahaha Happy to! That's very flattering, thanks!
Very good summary. Thanks
Great presentation. Informative and entertaining. Please do more videos
Dude, this is awesome. Really. Thanks!
this is the video I needed man, thanks