Split keyboard improvements update

Been continuing to tinker with my split keyboard setup and thought I would share again. Going to be a bit more verbose this time since there were a lot of questions last time. The keyboard itself is a Sofle V1 . It's a colemak-DH layout rather than qwerty. My quick review of keyboard, if anyone is interested.

I thought I was just grabbing the cheapest split ergo I could find and that I would eventually get something more form fitting and expensive. But I'm not sure I will at this point. I'm really loving this thing with the tweaks I've done. As I've tweaked the layout the amount of keys has been pretty perfect. I can seamlessly transition between typing, navigating layer, shortcut layer, and numpad. The Rome ASA keycaps I added just have a delightful feel and classic look i really enjoy. The encoders (little knobs), which I initially didn't think would be useful, have turned out to be a key feature. I programmed the right one to navigate up and down web pages and close tabs. The left one navigates through tabs and reopens web pages. I've programmed a few other functions, but find the web page ones are the ones that get used.

The only thing I don't absolutely love is the thumb row. It's a bit awkward, and I wonder if I wouldn't like a thumb cluster more. But that's really a pretty minor complaint.

Ok, onto the changes since I last shared.

I finally found a tenting solution I liked. Previously i had made some wooden blocks and attatched them with carpet tape. It worked, but wasn't very portable and was pretty ugly. These are UGREEN magsafe phone stands. Not my innovation, as several others did this first. Pretty much a perfect solution. While I do enjoy their aesthetic and it's nice to be able to change the angle, the big upgrade for me is portability. With the magsafe ring they come right off and fold up. So if I lack a table I can use a pillow or bean bag for tenting while traveling. Surprisingly, they're stiff enough I can use the encoders push function. The encoders are pretty stiff and I wasn't sure how they would handle it, but it's been no problem.

Again, looking for portability, I grabbed some reusable silicon grip pads as an upgrade from carpet tape. Everything is on an office chair and needs to hold still. These things are STICKY! Though with a bit of force you can pull things off. And when they lose their stickiness, you just rinse them off with water, and they're good as new. I ended up liking them so much I got a few extra packs for things like Google homes, chargers that need to stay in place, etc.

Here's the left keyboard in place. I added wrist rests. Just for fun I used voice attack to add a bunch of work functionality to my throttle. My favorite is mapping the arm switch to turning on my microphone in meetings.

And the right hand. I used a silicon pad for the trackball as well.

So, yeah. Those are the most recent upgrades. The goal has been to get work and gaming needs into an office without making it look TOO hideous.