I’ve been using the French Canadian keyboard for over a month now, I really enjoy the typing experience. The keys feel responsive and the layout feels just right.
However I can’t help but to feel the keycaps just look wrong. Having the letters on the top left don’t look as pleasing visually like the centered ones from the Dell XPS, the Surface Laptop and the MacBook Pro. The localization is also weird. I have some keys in French, some in English, and the escape key is in both.
I do wonder if custom keycaps could be an option instead of having to replace the whole keyboard assembly, but I have to admit I’m a bit terrified of having to swap them manually.
I’d buy this laptop in a second (or at least pre-order when available to Australia) if there was an optional ergonomic or even ortho-linear keyswitch layout.
I’m happy to shrink the touchpad to give the keyboard a bit more room.
Gergoplex and Atreus have been suggested.
My preference is something like the Rock On.
In terms of being applicable to the most folks though, the Corne, Iris, Sofle and Kyria tend to turn up the most.
The inner thumb key on the Atreus is just weird and lots of people have commented on that.
that looks like a nice keyboard, a few more keys than I am used to with the atreus but that may not be a bad thing. wonder if it would be possible to modify the hinges that are used at the moment to get more space for keyboard like this.
I too would put in a preorder for.something like this once it arrives in this part of the world (New Zealand).
Just adding my support for this as well. I’d really like to see multiple top-cover designs come out in the future to allow users to choose what is important to them for keyboard layout.
I’ll jump on board with this idea, as well. Heccin miss my regular-height arrow keys. I can wait, though. Definitely more important to spread these machines across more of the planet, first.
Hello everyone, I made the diagram of what the Brazilian Portuguese keyboard can be for the laptop Framework, using as a reference any ISO keyboard from the Framework itself so that the keyboard fits perfectly in its place. I don’t know if this is where I post this to request this keyboard as I made a similar post 4 days ago and never got any response.
Hello Vlad. This thread started 1.5 years ago with a Framework employee writing about the design of the Framework keyboard, and since then it’s been mainly Framework customers (or fans) discussing what they like or don’t like in keyboards.
As far as I know, this is not an official support channel, so Framework may not necessarily respond.
As I didn’t see another response to this, and there is a reason for the position: I wanted to point out: your keyboard has an ISO layout, and in the ISO layout, primary group characters go on the left, and shifted characters go on top. It’s not clear to me whether there is an exception for keytops that have only a primary, shifted character shown, but the usual place for those would be in the top left, and that’s what the Framework keyboard and a number of other keyboards do.
My apologies if it’s already been mentioned previously in this thread.
I’d really like to see a keyboard layout where the ‘Windows Key’ does not have the Windows Logo on it. Maybe even a replaceable cap version if possible, would be cool to be able to swap out the logo’s for which OS you use, whether it be Windows, Linux or even (If someone ever got it working) MacOS.
Also, could someone explain to me the difference between the ISO and ANSI Covers? I’d really like to understand the different option availble in the Marketplace
The windows key is mandatory for them to be able to sell Windows copies at the price they do. I agree with you, and have watched threads about painting over it, which I might do eventually, but that’s where we are now.
The primary difference from what I saw is the shape of the Enter and Shift keys, and the minor keys on the right side of the keyboard.
Sorry for necrobumping this thread, but I was wondering if there was any chance I could have some diagrams or schematics that detail the size of the key switches and as well as their receptacles.
I am currently prototyping a custom columnar staggered (semi-ortholinear) membrane keyboard to serve as a drop-in replacement for the factory default keyboard.
I am thinking of disassembling the membrane key switches of the factory keyboard and re-align them into a columnar staggered layout on a 3D printed receptacle platform.
I made a test with the thinnest and cheapest membrane keyboard I could find, and it seems doable so far.
As a next step, I would like to study the feasibility of designing 3D printable receptacles for the FW’s key switches, but I am a bit scared of messing with my current laptop as I daily drive it for work.
I thought of ordering an input cover to do some experiments and measurements, but I would greatly appreciate if someone could provide me with those measurements so that can get a better idea if it can work in advance.
EDIT: The awesome Framework Team has gracefully provided me with input covers for further experimentation. Currently working on disassembling the keyboard and re-arrange it into a custom layout.
That’s a great project which also shows how hard it is to build a keyboard for today’s ultra thin laptops. As you suggest in your linked post, perhaps the ideal is to be found with the Cherry switch.
Is there a rationale behind the physical format you have chosen - perhaps it is an adaptation of your usual format to the laptop space constraints? I have previously asked if there are any people who would be interested in an Atreus for Framework. Personally, I still think the Atreus would be a better prospect because the format is already (by the standards of such things) widely used and the two sets of columns diverge towards the user to reduce wrist strain. Of course I happen to own one! Nonetheless I have not the wherewithal to actually make it happen and I wish you the best with your project.
