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TAIKO-01 Keyboard Kickstarter Ends July 1 [vendor] (lemmy.world)
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Hey everyone,

Just wanted to give a quick heads-up for anyone who might have missed it, there are only 7 days left on the Kickstarter campaign for the TAIKO-01 keyboard!

If you haven’t seen it yet, there's some background here: https://lemmy.world/post/47465897.

You can find the campaign and all the details here:

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/taikohub/taiko-01-keyboard

Official Site: https://taiko.taikohub.com/

What do you guys think of the layout and design? Anyone here already backed it?

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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Compared to a Scylla

  • One fewer key on each thumb cluster (2 fewer total)
  • One extra key under each middle/ring finger (4 extra total)
  • Not 3D printed
    • I think this should be called out more prominently in the Kickstarter/webpage
    • Many similar keyboards are 3D printed, which is generally considered to be a cheaper product than an injection molded product. Most people will likely assume this final product is 3D printed, especially after seeing all the mentions of 3D printed prototypes
    • I had to scroll through the official website quite a bit to find a definitive answer to whether or not this is 3D printed
  • Hot swappable
  • No lighting
  • I cannot tell how the halves connect to each other. USB-C or TRRS?
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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago

    Thanks for the feedback. I'll edit it so the injection mold part is more prominent. Yeah I'm not aware of any concave keyboards that are injection molded that are hotdwappable.

    It's TRS, which works with TRS and TRRS cords. I tried "mocking" a USB-C port and asking for feedback and got some people confused which port goes where, so just went with TRS in the end. It's not TRRS also because it doesn't with with TRS, whereas the opposite is true.

    I used to sell dactyl minis like the one you pointed out. What I've found from customer feedback was that the thumb cluster needed to be improved. Specifically regarding 4 keys that make a square. Users reported they needed to move their thumbs in an uncomfortable way to avoid hitting the 2 keys that are closer, when reaching for the 2 keys that are further away.

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