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new frontiers of input, pointing, typing
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first time seeing it and it looks amazing. base module looks great but having a trackball or a trackpad on the palm looks very hard to use correctly. if it was not for the price point, i would totally get one even if it's just to try it. keyboards are great but there must be a better input method out there
https://svalboard.com/
I've been looking for an open source customizable keyboard as an alternative to the proprietary CharaChorder (CW: Joe Rogan advert flash, wtf lmao). The full kit is $1050, holy shit, though you can get the parts for ~$430 and 3D print the rest yourself. I may consider getting this. My new year's resolution is to get my 3D printer running for once so I can build a custom bracket for my high capacity hard drives and to be able to do these kind of projects. I regret getting the Moonlander now.
I wonder if I would prefer double trackballs, or maybe one side a trackpad or trackpoint. I'd probably get a couple extra modules to switch them around, but it seems while trackballs are probably more useful, sometimes having the trackpad or trackpoint could be handy. I like that this keyboard is similar to the shape of my Elecom HUGE, which is one of my favorite trackballs to work with and feels comfortable in my hand.