Something like this? The heavy stagger is great, 42 keys is almost perfect, but the thumb placement is -- for me -- horrible. Having to move my thumb to practically under my palm is just terrible ergonomics.
This thumb layout reminds me more of the ErgoDox variants, and is far better placement. Is there a layout close to this?
I almost got a Keyboardio. I was put off by reviews of the switches, or quality issues, or something.
Size doesn't really matter; I wouldn't use all of the keys, but I don't care if they're there. I don't travel with my keyboard.
I'm mainly where I am because (a) I'm maxing my home row usage, (b) I try to eliminate anything that requires me to take my hands off the home row, and (c) I got sucked into the aesthetics of Chocs. A and B lead to an upper practical limit for the number of keys, so the keyboard size is a function of that and not because I'm trying to save space. C was just a mistake; yes, it's slick, but I should have gotten full size switches, which would have allowed me to get higher tactility.
Those Keyboardios are very nice looking.