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Just built my first ortholinear keyboard!
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What does the Ortho moniker actually mean? ( Yes I am embarrassed I don't know). This looks extra cool to me because I am terrible at soldering, and would like to improve. Can you post some pics of your switch recepticle solders?
Ortho linear means all the keys are arranged vertically and straight, with no key offset like you'd find in regular keyboards. The idea is you can type faster (after getting used to it), and offset keys are no longer necessary since we don't use typewriters anymore.
Just to expand a little,
ortho-, as a prefix, means:
As in orthogonal, or orthographic.
Or sometimes just "straight", or "corrective"(?), like in "orthodontist" or "orthopedic", I suppose.