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Conventional Keyboards Are STAGGERINGLY STUPID!

Ben Vallack

Conventional Keyboards Are STAGGERINGLY STUPID!

Ben Vallack compares finger movement on a staggered keyboard with an ortholinear grid keyboard, using an Anne Pro 2 and a ZSA Planck EZ. He argues the stagger forces awkward finger motion.

HN links it in keyboard threads as a short visual demonstration of why staggered layouts force unnatural finger movement.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2022

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