I’m considering the Moonlander but I have small hands. I have an older Iris which is a good fit but doesn’t have hotswap and occasionally needs to be unplugged and replugged to work. I am looking for something that just works, not a new soldering project - especially since my office will cover the cost.

Which would you recommend? And is it the end of the world if I can’t reach the full thumb cluster on the Moonlander?

  • @minusfive
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    21 year ago

    Own the Moonlander and my hands aren’t particularly small (men’s size L gloves), and still found the thumb cluster keys too far to be regularly useful. I’m not even sure it’s just about size, but the way your hand naturally moves/stretches (or doesn’t) possibly plays a part, too.

    That said, I still love the thing because Oryx is SO good, it was my perfect intro to fully programmable KBs, and allowed me to experiment SO much that I was able to gradually/quickly optimize layouts until I settled (a couple of months without modifying layout), on what now feels like the perfect fit for my needs.

    With that knowledge/experience I was now able to move on to a Corne-ish Zen, but I’m keeping the Moonlander as back up, and for experimenting.

    Attaching pictures of my latest Moonlander configuration, which I’ve kept for a while now and love.

    Here’s my current layout: https://configure.zsa.io/moonlander/layouts/Wgay4/latest/0