Well how about 98%. Looks the same except a 1/2u space moving the numpad to the right… Keychron K4Pro. I actually carry it back and forth to work so it is my daily driver and I still haven’t quite gotten used to the placement of Del/Home/End. I sort of miss the Insert key, I need to check the mapping and see if it is on or can be added to another layer.
RK100 owner here. I need my numpad.
YMDK Melody 96 over here. Absolutely my favorite layout I’ve ever used.
YMDK truly does the 96% right. I have two of them that are my daily drivers. One for business and one for gaming. Both are basically endgame grails for me.
As someone not into the hobby (although I have a cookie cutter mechanical keyboard), what is the point of having that few keys? Portability? Otherwise i find it more cumbersome than efficient having to constantly use modifiers to access the full range of keys I might want to press.
Edit: this was meant as a reply to the guy with a 60% keyboard
As a user of a small TKL keyboard, I can say from my own experience having a small keyboard makes it easy and less strenuous to switch between the mouse and keyboard since they are so close together. I also find I don’t really miss the extra keys, I can do my job just fine if not better without them, because of the added benefit of moving fast.
I currently do a data heavy job and almost never use my keypad. Just can’t come to terms with letting it go. 96% might be the step that gets me to ditch the numpad!
I use my keypad a lot for my job so I’ve always been kind of jealous of the people who can use the slimmed down keyboards. This is a cute little compromise and I’m glad to know it exists!
To me the main advantage of having less physical keys but a full layout available via modifiers is, that your hands won’t have to leave the home-row. Working like this is not only much more comfortable but also a lot more efficient. (At least for me)
60% forever!
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That looks nice, wasnt even aware of such 96%s. Numpad for life
