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One year with the Ergodox EZ

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I use the same keyboard and opted for the silent switches, which are red.

Works very well for me, except I use the button row right under the letters instead of the thumb keys.

The thumb keys force me to "open" my hand and that over time caused wrist pain, I was forced to stop. funny enough going inward doesn't cause any pain to the wrist, even if considered way worse ergonomically speaking.

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The keyboard came with Cherry Brown switches which are what I would consider to be the greatest argument ever against working from the office. They were ridiculously loud. And stiff enough that even someone who types as hard as I do noticed how hard I had to press.

Wow! Browns feel positivity light and quiet to me. (Blues are pure evil to have in an office though.) One of the lovely things about the Ergodox EZ (and the Moonlander the same company, which is what I have) is that you can swap the switches out to your liking. I’m glad the author was able to find something they liked!

I use Kailh Box Navy switches. Sounds like Cherry blues but deeper and louder. Like a v6 vs a v8. Ha. I work from home though. Although I will say I don’t think the crappy membrane dell keyboards are quiet the sound is just different.

I would be curious to know what a workflow looks like where the Cut command justifies such first-class real estate.

I have the four big thumb keys as Backspace - Tab - Enter - Space in that order from left to right specifically because my thumbs sit on Backspace and Space and those are my most used keys on the keyboard.

I sometimes use it for moving code blocks around, especially between files or from scratch pad to a file.

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