ZSA Moonlander: A next-generation ergonomic keyboard
I appreciate that there is a market for ergonomic fancy keyboards, but can&#x27;t we just get the standard keyboard right?<p>I wish that there was a keyboard company out there that focused on standard keyboards with attention paid to supporting all locales. Choice for the US consumer might be great but elsewhere in the English speaking world you start getting compromises. Essentially you can get a US keyboard with a few of the keycaps moved around. What you actually want is more than that, things like a double height enter key.<p>I dread to think what keyboard layout crimes go on outside the English speaking world.<p>Now, tenkeyless. Having the number pad is great if you do a lot of book-keeping but for most people it is not needed. If you are left handed then it makes as much sense as a fish with a bicycle.<p>But getting to know the jargon - &#x27;tenkeyless&#x27; and &#x27;tkl&#x27; is a journey in itself. If you are using your keyoboard to type words then you do want the keys for navigation - Page Up, Page Down, Home, End, Delete - plus the arrow keys. But mini keyboards just mess with the layout to maybe give you half the standard keys in non-standard places.<p>So, effectively &#x27;tkl&#x27; plus a non-US locale means you are going to have a limited choice.<p>Now let&#x27;s put in a few other common requirements - backlighting, wireless and wired operation, coffee proofing and silent operation. You can&#x27;t get all these things with a non US locale and a &#x27;tkl&#x27; keyboard. Sure there are many switch variants and fancy LED lighting schemes with ghastly keycap designs, but if you just want standard layout then it isn&#x27;t going to happen.<p>It is sad to see Logitech, Microsoft and others offer us compromised designs that cost either a pittance of serious money. Why can&#x27;t there just be a manufacturer that goes for the niche of standard ISO rather than ergonomic, or with too few keys, or with some emphasis on buckling spring style feel?