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m@thias.hellqui.st :verified-skull:

After 1 week with the new keyboard at home, my view still stands. The new one is a lovely keyboard, and it really feels great to type on. However, it can not compete with my Moonlander when it comes to flexibility and configurability. The Moonlander is the best keyboard I have ever used. Expensive, but great. The Moonlander also has just enough keys for those of us that use a non-english typeset on a regular basis.

Also, as a side-note, and as a touch typer, I have gotten really used to the Moonlander being columnar instead of using a traditional layout. The “traditional” layout made sense back in the days of mechanical typewriters, where the typeset arms weren’t supposed to be able to tangle themselves up if you typed “too fast”. The traditional layout really doesn’t make much sense these days, on computers.

#Mechanical#Keyboards#Moonlander
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m@thias.hellqui.st :verified-skull:

Bought a new keyboard for home as I plan to use my beloved Moonlander at work instead. Went for a QMK Keychron keyboard which is lovely in itself, but trying things out I am now holding a completely new appreciation for ZSA’s firmware configurator, which is what I use to configure the Moonlander. It is MILES ahead of the QMK/VIA configurator. I had no idea.

I thought the ZSA configurator, being based on QMK, would be similar to what I could expect for any QMK keyboard. I was wrong.

It is like comparing the latest set of flight controls with a bicycle.

#Mechanical#Keyboards#Moonlander
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nebucatnetzer

I was trying to setup a build environment for my #ZSA Voyager so that I could enable features like Achordion to make the home row mods work better.

I got everything setup now and want to get started adding the features only to read in the newest newsletter from ZSA that they added Chordal Hold their version of #QMK which achieves the same result.

I will keep my setup in case something else tickles my fancy but for the moment the need seems to be gone.

blog.zsa.io/chordal-hold/

blog.zsa.ioIntroducing Chordal HoldHome-row mods users, rejoice!
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Dale Emery

A few weeks ago I set aside my #ZSA #Voyager and considered switching back to Apple keyboards full time.

The reason: I want to use home row mods on my Voyager. But I couldn’t teach my fingers to stop rolling from, say, S to T. With home row mods, with S doubling as Alt, that often resulted in † (Alt-T) instead of st.

But now ZSA has added Chordal Hold to their keyboard configurator. blog.zsa.io/chordal-hold/

This fixes the one annoying problem I've had with my otherwise lovely #ZSAVoyager.

blog.zsa.ioIntroducing Chordal HoldHome-row mods users, rejoice!
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:atari: :neovim: :terminal:

@kf hehe, I just disconnected mine after few years rocking it as my primary driver. I ended up with #voyager recently and it was totally worth of my investment. As usual, #zsa did it again :-). If your hands are on a smaller size then I strongly recommend looking at #voyager. This does not seem to be your case I assume ? Judging by looking at the "device" below the #ergodox :-)

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:atari: :neovim: :terminal:

Love my #Voyager from #ZSA. Now waiting for switches to arrive. Ordered Ambient Twilight so I'm really curious how much of a difference I'm going to see. Switches which came with the #voyager are a bit "stiff" for my fingers. I had Khail MX Brown ones in my old #ErgodoxEZ and those felt like a tank. Let's hope that tarrifs and all that mess which is now in the world won't block my delivery from Canada to US.

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Christian Tietze

Anyone got the #ZSA #Moonlander platform?

It's not a looker, but it's really sturdy and easy to adjust.

However, for a neutral, relaxed angle in my arms, I need to move the desk down so far that the desktop touches my legs; couldn't sit there on a normal chair anymore.

I don't recall having unusually long upper arms like an ape, so how do y'all manage?

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Emory

my #ZSA order just arrived! it is not yet another keyboard though, but a set of their really cool ZSA Cards!

zsa.fun/cards

like all things ZSA does, they're thoughtful and inspiring.

#PROMPT YOURSELF

> This is similar to how you would use Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s brilliant Oblique Strategies, a powerful set of cards that has been helping creative professionals since 1975. The prompts are different, but the concept and method are similar.

> Now #write.

see? delightful! <3

ZSA Card: Suits and metadata in the corners with a moon and stars reading: `20 Consider the difference () between noise and music.`
> An image from the website with three ZSA Cards on the left (AKQ with the A of Platypus) and on the right it reads: Journal > Sit down somewhere quiet. Grab a piece of paper and a pen. Pull out a random card, and read the prompt. It says something like "Find a rhythm." Breathe. Think. What comes up? > Now write. > This semi-structured approach can help keep journaling fresh ... and powerful and present you with insights you may not have had otherwise. Privately using the deck to have a conversation with yourself can be raw, personal, and potent.
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:atari: :neovim: :terminal:

I was listening to the podcast where Erez talked about how #zsa started and about the future of the company. He also mentioned that there are some changes going to be coming to #zsaVoyager. Has those changes been announced yet ? Where can I see what was changed ? I'm about to submit an order for #zsaVoyager and don't want to miss something important.

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Sergi

I love the philosophy of #ZSA. See this article: blog.zsa.io/hopes-and-dreams-f

> We’re not a publicly traded company; we’re not fuelled by venture capital. We’re a small, independent business, and that gives us the freedom to play the long game. My hope is to continue providing this island of stability and positivity called ZSA for many years to come — for the team, for our customers, and for our families.

blog.zsa.ioHopes and Dreams for 2025Thoughts on new keyboards and new prices
#mechanicalKeyboards
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Christian Tietze

Cynthia Zujko | ZSA: The People: The People people.zsa.io/cynthia-zujko/?m

This is inspiring: Cynthia Zujko manages to work with only the left-hand-side of a #ZSA #Voyager keyboard. Doing both typing and mousing!

And here I am complaining about how I miss an additional row of keys.

ZSA: The PeopleCynthia Zujko | ZSA: The PeopleWho are you, and what do you do? What do you like to do outside of work? Hello, my name is Cynthia, and I am a recovering Binge Coder. I sit…
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:atari: :neovim: :terminal:

what are your toughts about #voyager from #zsa ? I have #ergodox-ez and I'm very very happy with the keyboard. I was wondering about upgrading and #voyager caught my eye. Is it worth to buy it ? I don't travel which is little bit of a thing which prevents me from spending almost $400 on new keyboard.

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Christian Tietze

I hardly ever use my #ZSA #Voyager and default to my Moonlander all of the time. There's just something I cannot make work for me when it comes to the layout. Either I miss the number keys, or I miss the bottom modifier row.

Looking at happy user's layouts, I see how they usually use macro layers a lot more while I try to make accessing numbers and symbols more comfortable with easy to reach layers -- and then still fail to utilize modifier based shortcuts.

Meh.

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