How to change keyboard layout using visual online editors VIA and REMAP
VIA and REMAP are great online visual tools to re-define QMK-based keyboards. All current ThumbsUp! keyboard support both tools by...
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SK
- Oct 31
- 1 min
Source Files and Default Firmware
I am cleaning up the firmware for all the keyboards. Two biggest changes are switch to the current QMK version 0.22.14 and enabling the...
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SK
- Oct 26
- 1 min
An extra benefit of the split boards
My split boards have a controller in each half. That is they can be used separately as keypads. Also they can be programmed separately:...
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SK
- Oct 3
- 2 min
How to Use ThumbsUp! Keyboard: Modifiers (Shift, Control, Alt, Win)
One of the goals I tried to achieve with my layout was to keep it as close to the standard QWERTY as it was defined in ThinkPad X-Series...
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SK
- Jun 18
- 1 min
ThumbsUp! Keyboard Versions
This table compares features of the ThumbsUp! keyboard versions. ThumbsUp! v2 sub-versions got the very same key layout, the biggest...
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SK
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Thumb-Shift Keyboards - quite an old idea
Little did I know that the Japanese have been using the same idea for ages. In fact these boards as old as I am!...
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SK
- Jun 8
- 1 min
ThumbsUp! v5 Assembly Video
I captured major step of building ThumbsUp! v5 video: https://youtu.be/BpnrIXj60wU The firmware for the default and VIA/REMAP version:...
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SK
- May 13
- 1 min
ThumbsUp! Usage video
I've recorded a short demo of ThumbsUp! v2 unibody keyboard: https://youtu.be/9PCrHEeH6Go For that video I used my work keyboard, one...
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SK
- May 5
- 4 min
Layout Design: Background Ideas
My board layout is QWERTY-based, most of the keys are in their familiar places. Yet some of them, especially those on the navigation...
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SK
- Apr 17
- 2 min
How to use ThubmsUp! keyboard: Numbers and F-Keys
In the previous posts the QWERTY and navigation/editing layers were described. This one covers the numbers and F-Keys. Default layout...
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SK
- Mar 30
- 3 min
How to use ThubmsUp! keyboard: Navigation/Text Editing Layers
In the previous post the QWERTY layers were covered. This post explains how to navigate and edit the text with ThumbsUp! keyboards. The...
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SK
- Mar 24
- 2 min
How to use ThubmsUp! keyboard: QWERTY Layer(s)
ThumbUp! keyboards are smaller than the laptop ones. How am I supposed to type all those keys that barely fit into the standard 104-key...
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SK
- Feb 18
- 2 min
Why Raised Thumb Keys?
Let's compare ThumbsUp! v3 and Georgi. They have a lot in common, the general layout is the same, both just naked PCBs, and actually...
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SK
- Feb 14
- 5 min
Design History
In this post I will quickly go through the major design milestones which lead to the current ThumbsUp! keyboard design. For years I used...
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SK
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Adding a Touchpad
The unibody ThumbsUp! keyboards support ProGlide Cirque touchpads. Cirque touchpad fits nicely under the top PCB and are not visible from...
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SK
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Why stagger columns like this?
One of the noticeable features in my design is the column stagger. The innermost index finger's columns (TGB/YHN) are higher (or rather...
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SK
- Jan 19
- 2 min
I want to try your layout before I buy it...
You can actually try it on your Windows computer. May be that's all you need, and that's ok. My layout is based on two things: -...
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SK
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Why Another Custom Design?
Many people, including myself are in a search for the ideal keyboard. The definition of ideal is different. The standard 104-key boards...
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