UHKv3 Wish List: The Curious Case of Keyboard Excess

Better support for chord-based typing. This seems more like a software wishlist item.

Someone recently linked asking about the Characorder X, that may be worth looking into

I thought the Optimus Maximus’ individual keycap displays were silly but I often wish I had something like that now, to indicate the functionality of my keys in various layers and depending on the application with focus.

I’ve personally found that using a consistent color scheme with the RGB backlights to fill this need. I’ve posted the LED colors I’ve used here:

Each color represents a class of functionality and so I know what maps to what based on the context. I’ve now just committed this all to memory, but it was super helpful when I was just getting started.

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