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I would also ask for a better keyboard. The one currently offered (at least with the model I am interested in), is not fit for purpose when it comes to development.

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More generally, I would love if the custom keyboard community jumped on this bandwagon and we saw ergonomic keyboards (and a trackpoint) for the Framework laptop.

That would be amazing. Omg low profile blues with a nipple. 60%kb

I pestered in one of the other HN threads about the Framework laptop that having ortholinear keys would be cool. It's technically feasible, but would be too expensive without sufficient quantity being made.

Looks to me that to allow for even the low-profile Kailh choc switches, the laptop would need to be much thicker. (The DIY laptop is 15mm thick. My PCB+kailh+bumpons keyboard is 14mm thick).

https://github.com/saoto28/pineapple60 This (for the ThinkPad T470) barely fits, and that laptop is 24mm thick.

Thanks for the comment! Mechanical switches would definitely be cool but to be honest I'd already be happy with a different (more ergonomical) layout. :)

What changes are you interested in for the keyboard? I find it much better than the keyboard I'm currently typing on, a newer XPS 13: better travel and spacing. But I assume you'd find the XPS keyboard just as lacking, if not more.

I couldn't get UK layout which I find most ergonomic and it's missing dedicated Home / End / PgUp / Down keys and cursors are pretty small. I am working on XPS 15 keyboard, which isn't great - especially the cursors are a chore to use.

I want the Thinkpad keyboard layout. Big arrow keys. PgUp and PgDn full size. MENU button where the PrtSc button is.

Ditto trackpoint. Thinkpad junkie who cannot work without.

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