Project URSA
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
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andreas
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: 40% Ortho
- Main mouse: M330 Silent
- Favorite switch: Tactile
Yes, see his blog: https://matt3o.com/a-new-keycap-profile-is-in-the-work/
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Findecanor
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
High-profile spherical isn't really my thing, but about time we get a profile with convex bottom-row modifiers!
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Hear hear! Convex mods are special. Not only spacebars but the whole bottom row should be thumb centric. Something I still miss.
Now, about Topre mount…
Now, about Topre mount…
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TNT
- Location: Germany, Karlsruhe
- Main keyboard: Ellipse Model F77 / Zenith Z-150
- Main mouse: Logitech G203 Prodigy
- Favorite switch: It's complicated
- DT Pro Member: 0250
This looks very promising! Excited to see what this one will turn into
Also, that's a very professional looking design-portfolio you got there
Also, that's a very professional looking design-portfolio you got there
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Colour me intrigued. Especially re: how you're physically making these. Your demo caps look quite unusual in material!
Your procedurally designed profile is impressive. Having SA and MT3 sets, I find I actually prefer cylindrical caps in practice! But I'd be intrigued to see you try something just as fresh there. See, Topre and NMB cylindricals are similarly small-topped to your sphericals. They have a lot "fillet" to try to use your terminology, perhaps imprecisely. There's a lot of taper from base to top, like you're up to here. I wonder what a tall cylindrical with small tops would be like? Especially with convex edges!
I always really liked that about my PowerBook's keyboard: its keys are all convex on the front. Or at least that's my lasting impression.
The front "lip" on spherical caps is what puts me off them. Especially towards the front of the board, where they jut up and eventually annoy me while typing.
Your procedurally designed profile is impressive. Having SA and MT3 sets, I find I actually prefer cylindrical caps in practice! But I'd be intrigued to see you try something just as fresh there. See, Topre and NMB cylindricals are similarly small-topped to your sphericals. They have a lot "fillet" to try to use your terminology, perhaps imprecisely. There's a lot of taper from base to top, like you're up to here. I wonder what a tall cylindrical with small tops would be like? Especially with convex edges!
I always really liked that about my PowerBook's keyboard: its keys are all convex on the front. Or at least that's my lasting impression.
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Resin, right, that’s what makes them glow. They look fun in pictures but I imagine they’re not going to hold up great under real typing. (You’ve seen my PowerBook’s poor A key!)
Impressive legends you’ve got onto resin. I’ve no idea how you did that. Inked?
The edge which bites me is the front edge: the lip of the spherical cup that points toward the spacebar. I don’t mind the other, upper edge nearly so much, while the left and right actively help in locating the key. So yes a horseshoe shape would be best for me, with the open face towards the user.
Impressive legends you’ve got onto resin. I’ve no idea how you did that. Inked?
The edge which bites me is the front edge: the lip of the spherical cup that points toward the spacebar. I don’t mind the other, upper edge nearly so much, while the left and right actively help in locating the key. So yes a horseshoe shape would be best for me, with the open face towards the user.
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ThermometerSandwich
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: F107
- Main mouse: Logitech MX Master 3
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Springs
andreas, your work here is phenomenal!!! I'm very excited for updates.
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
All been destroyed by the author. A web search for the name brings it up here:
https://www.keebtalk.com/t/project-ursa/17184
https://www.keebtalk.com/t/project-ursa/17184