Try a board with mx blues. I had a blackwidow back then and remember it had razers equivalent around 2012-2013. Most boards you find in stores will be using browns or reds so they probably don't have the feeling you're used to.
Thank you. It's weird to believe that I could get THIS attached to the feel of a keyboard of all fucking things.
How long did you try the kinesis for? It took me a while to adjust (still have to adjust some bad habits tbh) but it was worth the investment for me. Those other boards seem super respectable though, I particularly like the look of the glove80. See if you can abuse the return policy. That's how I justified my Kinesis. One thing I've found beneficial is binding modifiers to key holds vs presses. I never hold enter so rebinding the hold motion to super was beneficial for my workflow. Thumb clusters are awesome for modifiers if your configure them correctly. There is definitely a level of personalization involved, but finding good bindings for modifier keys was pretty important in my experience. Since you're adjusted to modal editing with vim you could double down with a few modes too. ZMK doesn't have full functionality yet, but I intend to make a mouse layer once its available for example. Perhaps its worth making a base layer and a modifier layer long term. Make a dedicated layer for modifiers separate from normal typing. It really depends on your board and how much you want to customize.
Not that i'm aware of it's a common issue with the board.
There is one keyboard that fills all these requirements. It’s made from cast zinc, originated the 60% form factor, and will probably last longer than you will.
This is exactly what I am looking for, thank you so much for introducing me to this monster.
Now that I own a model F, I can confirm that the typing feel is perfect. The build quality is also really nice, it’s super heavy and sturdy, and from what I’ve heard the reproductions are actually even hardier than the IBM vintage. It is however very loud, and also kind of shrill (it goes “thok-ping!” each key you press), you may want to think twice if you’re going to bring it to your office. Try using a model M or extra-loud gaming keyboard for a few days to make sure it’s not going to drive someone mad.
I have a Keychron K11- so low profile switches, Alice layout. The switches feel quite nice to me, though I'm no keyboard connoisseur.
Personally my favorite right now is modedesigns' envoy it's a 65 though.. Only real difference between a 65 and 75 is that you hold a modifier for your function keys. But all their shit is amazing the quality is just above all & highly configurable and they ship within a day or two usually. They have the sonnet 75 https://modedesigns.com/pages/sonnet
How do people "lose" stuff while moving, other than professional movers who steal stuff?
