DiplomacyPunIn10Did

DiplomacyPunIn10Did t1_jckwo2b wrote

That's one type of blocker, and it's less common in 65% layouts. It's not about having "one less key" so much as following an older IBM-inspired keyboard layout. Vintage-esque fashion, if you will.

For 65s, though, the blockers are usually either immediately to the left of the arrows or at the very top-right.

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DiplomacyPunIn10Did t1_jckwcsf wrote

65% blockers don't generally remove the Windows key. They're either badge-style blockers in the top right of the board, or they're near the arrows.

Occasionally you'll see a WKL-style blocker on the left, but that's not as common as what the meme would be pointing to.

Also, with QMK, it's really easy to put the Windows key somewhere else.

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DiplomacyPunIn10Did OP t1_itqqw37 wrote

21kb is based in the US.

Wuque has been making products for the Western market for a while now, including the Ikki 68 keyboard series. They have people dedicated to maintaining English-language social media.

KPRepublic is a vendor for a variety of brands. They are based in China, but they do speak English as well. They have been selling products worldwide for years at this point.

And the audience isn’t solely vendors anyway. Educating fellow customers is one way to bring about change, as it increases the likelihood that the correction is actually mentioned and reaches the people who are currently advertising the product incorrectly.

Even the Chinese clone manufacturers, as you refer to, watch English language social media. That’s part of how they determine which keysets are popular enough to be worth ripping off.

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DiplomacyPunIn10Did t1_itq3u8q wrote

It's a bit difficult to find something that's both hotswap and ISO layout, but hotswap is one of the easiest ways to make sure that a single faulty switch doesn't ruin a board. (I actually do have a lightly used hotswap ISO board for sale, but I think it's out of your budget.)

The Redragon and CiY boards you listed can't really be modded very much. You won't be able to change the switches on those without a lot of disassembly and desoldering.

I would either (1) go as cheap as possible, accepting that you may have to replace the whole board later or (2) save up a higher budget for something that meets your needs better.

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DiplomacyPunIn10Did OP t1_itnn9k4 wrote

In this case, that’s because the sublegends are part of a layout that assumes the primary legends are US, not UK/Irish.

I guess I could see the use case for people who swap between UK/Irish and US International, but I’m not sure that’s all that frequent.

What might work better would be to use the full US International legends with the specific UK/Irish primary legends front-printed on keys that differ.

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