I’ve been using the Gallium keyboard layout for a couple of months now, and I’m pretty happy with it for typing letters. However, I’ve been curious whether I could do any better in terms of punctuation. This has led me to investigate the Graphite layout to see what I might be missing out on.

Lately I have been using Org Mode with Emacs quite a bit to help get better organised at work and keep track of meetings. The next logical step was to migrate my blog away from Wordpress and integrate it into my Org Mode workflow.

The benefits are:

I’ve been practising on the Gallium layout that I mentioned last time , and while I am still fighting the muscle memory that I built up with the ISRT layout, I am gradually getting used to it and am currently at around the 25 wpm mark (similar to my maximum speed in Morse Code).

I’ve been using the ISRT keyboard layout for a while now, and it is becoming more intuitive to type on. However, I’ve been hearing a lot about Graphite and Gallium on the Alt Keyboard Layout forums, which has made me a little curious. So, I set up a keymap to see what all the fuss is about.

I have been really enjoying the Choc Red switches that shipped with my ZSA Voyager keyboard . I was however curious how a lighter-weight switch might feel. I was considering ordering some Pro Red 35g linear switches, but then I heard about the Kailh Ambients line of silent linear switches and decided to give the Twilight 35g switches a try. On ordering them from a local vendor, they arrived a few days later, and on my Voyager keyboard I swapped out the Choc Reds for the Ambients Twilights.

After experiencing some reliability issues between my Corne keyboards and my Macbook (but no issues using them with my Linux workstation), I decided to invest in a Voyager keyboard from ZSA .

There were a couple of decisions to be made when placing the order.

Firstly the color. I opted for black instead of white, as I thought the white keys could start to look a little grubby after some extended use.