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Absolutely! We’ve been chatting with Jack Humbert, and he’s actually been prototyping an ortholinear keyboard module for the Framework Laptop 16. There are likely some photos of it in press articles about the event today.

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An ortholinear keyboard? Wow, that’s my dream. Do you have the link? (and when will you eventually ship to Belgium?)

We announced today that we’re opening preorders for our new products this summer in Belgium (and Italy, Spain, and Taiwan).

are there any ETA for Romania?)

Is there a chance you could have individual scissor switch key modules made for DIY ergonomic layouts on a custom PCB?

The height limitations of the 16" laptop are too low for low-profile discrete mechanical switches.

Kailh makes a scissor switch module but I think it's still too thick. http://www.kailh.com/en/Products/Ks/NotebookS/

That is a really interesting idea and something we'll explore.

Thanks! I use a 46-key ergo layout (Mitosis) that would be perfect for a laptop and have always itched to have it integrated into the computer.

If you folks and Jack manage to make the OLKB module a reality, you'll have me vendorlocked for life. I think I'd go so far as buying 3 of those modules just to be extra sure that I'm set with replacement parts.

Uh... completely unrelated question: have you laid out any plans regarding module backcompatibility on future boards?

And do you know for the Framework Laptop 13 ?

If you make an ortholinear keyboard for the 13er, you'll have my preorder immediately.

(I have no interest in big laptops. The 13 is probably the physically biggest laptop I've owned in a very long time.)

an ortholinear laptop keyboard?????? yes please.

That's great news, any chance for an orthostaggered module as our fingers have different lengths for a linear one (or maybe that's what you meant with just terminology slip)

Joining the chorus clamoring for this <3

Just take my money already

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