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Review of the MoErgo Glove80 Keyboard (2024)

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I went from a Kinesis Freestyle 2 that I'd used for almost a decade to the Glove 80 with the Glorious Engrammer key layout/functions: (https://sunaku.github.io/moergo-glove80-keyboard.html#layers)

It took a few weeks to get used to, but now that I've got the muscle memory down it's a blast to use. Having function layers makes so much sense once you get used to them. Why use Control + C and Control + V and the hand cortortion it causes on a daily basis when you can hold down the G letter key and then press j/k to copy/paste. The thumb cluster is quite handy as well, I have one button mapped to a custom script that I run dozens of times a day.

I went fro regular keyboard to happy user of (slightly modified) Glorious Engrammer here.

I use qwerty and I'm really not a fast typist, but the "primitives" and thought put on this layout, from home row mods timings, pinch movements, mouse layer, symbol layer etc really helped me to stay comfortable keeping the hands on the keys with less finger movement and less overreaching to the mouse, which really was what was harming my wrist.

The keyboard in itself is great and all, being split and easy to mount creatively also helps for ergonomics, but to me it's half the battle. In fact at the begging, with default and using a mouse in the middle of both halves was hurting my hand even more.

I own two Glove80s, but for me the ultimate split keyboard with a thumb cluster was the Dygma Defy, of which I now own a pair as well. Couldn't recommend it enough. https://dygma.com/pages/defy

The designers were extra mindful of different thumb lengths, making it so that you can usually find a configuration that feels natural and not cramp up your joints: https://dygma.com/blogs/product-development/how-we-developed...

Also went from a Glove80 to a Dygma Defy and not looking back. It’s a really cozy keyboard

Curious how this compares to the keyboard.io and of course, the incredible Svalboard.

Who holds his hands as shown in the image in the article?

Someone who wants to sell keyboards which 'fix' the 'problem' of keyboards which 'force' you to hold your hands at such a crippling angle.

What point are you making here? The author of the review doesn't seem to be affiliated with any keyboard. Are you suggesting the distributor of the MoErgo Glove80 provided the author with this image and/or a general narrative?

No one who learned how to correctly type.

The “correct way” is garbage. Maybe useful for reaching 300 WPM. But not useful for having usable wrists.

As a coder, the “correct way“ isn’t all that useful anyway.

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