• nelly_man@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Wouldn’t a split spacebar be two different keys that both individually can be used to type a space? This keyboard requires that both keys be pressed together to insert a space because each individual key has a different function. Given the common occurrence of spaces, that seems needlessly difficult.

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      38 minutes ago

      This is still a split spacebar layout though, the person on reddit who built this thing even said that they just didn’t have the right sized blank keycaps. This is very normal for small keyboards since keycap sets usually are designed for regular layouts and don’t always have the right size, sculpt, and legend for weird layouts.

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        4 minutes ago

        Ah, ok, so “control” and “backspace” don’t actually function as control or backspace keys. Then that makes more sense.