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Squeezebox Keyboard

Squeezebox keyboard by focusaurus. With customizable column offsets and practically two home rows.

KBD.news
Published April 23, 2021

This split keyboard has some nice features, e.g. staggered linear columns with customizable offsets.

Additionally, the very tight spacing of the keys in the middle and bottom rows allows chording without finger repositioning.

Blog post with details: https://peterlyons.com/problog/2021/04/squeezebox-keyboard/

(New version in Issue #60.)

Published on Fri 23rd Apr 2021. Featured in KBD #23 (source).

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