If you're writing get ergo. has a good ergo mech community, tho they are pricy. However, as a split keeb user I can tell you it's a game changer once you get used to it.
i will make a friendly amendment: caps lock makes a great control key.
it lets you more comfortably make key combos across the board. especially if you have smaller hands.
if you wanted you could have it do different things when pressed quickly compared to when held down in combo with another key. and have both functions, maybe. I personally learned that I am constantly hitting modifier keys then deciding against doing anything with them so this led to havoc. i never knew I had that habit. but some people like the "space cadet" shift key set up.
the problem with remapping caps key to anything is that if you have to use shared computers (work, library, school, friends, family) you will constantly be activating caps lock out of habit. in the newer version of windows they removed the option to disable caps lock (I think it was available in win 7 or 8?) so you can't even do that without installing something or reprogramming the kb itself.
Left pinky backspace is god tier(caps lock key)
If you're writing get ergo.
has a good ergo mech community, tho they are pricy. However, as a split keeb user I can tell you it's a game changer once you get used to it.
This is good advice. Left pinky backspace is a huge improvement if you can't split up the thumbs.
i will make a friendly amendment: caps lock makes a great control key.
it lets you more comfortably make key combos across the board. especially if you have smaller hands.
if you wanted you could have it do different things when pressed quickly compared to when held down in combo with another key. and have both functions, maybe. I personally learned that I am constantly hitting modifier keys then deciding against doing anything with them so this led to havoc. i never knew I had that habit. but some people like the "space cadet" shift key set up.
the problem with remapping caps key to anything is that if you have to use shared computers (work, library, school, friends, family) you will constantly be activating caps lock out of habit. in the newer version of windows they removed the option to disable caps lock (I think it was available in win 7 or 8?) so you can't even do that without installing something or reprogramming the kb itself.