Another split keyboard alternative to this and the UHK is the freestyle edge:
https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/
Had way less of a learning curve than my ergodox.
Had way less of a learning curve than my ergodox.
The big difference to the keyboard you linked, the Ergodox is an ortholinear keyboard. It is to be expected that that comes with a learning curve if you've only typed on a staggered keyboard. I personally think ortholinear is worth the learning curve.
> archaic design, which we fixed
It was fixed a long time ago, by other people.
Maltron keyboard designs have had this since the 1980s. Lillian Malt criticized "[t]he uneven stretches caused by the diagonal slope of the rows of keys on qwerty" in 1977. PCD Maltron's first demo keyboard from 1976 eliminated that slope.
* https://www.maltron.com/maltron-history.html
That wasn't a novel criticism even then.
The only misdesign I can think of is that the DEL key should be bigger. (The ESC key is huge and hard to miss, which is fantastic).
Maybe VEA is better but good luck finding the first revision and second one is nowhere in sight
Still, It's a wonderful keyboard.
Although I'm intrigued by the integrated pointer options, I don't think I'll make the switch due to the pricetag and 60% form factor.