[drewg123]

What I want is a non-radical, normal sized, ergonomic mechanical keyboard. I basically want an MS natural keyboard with a decent feel. Does such a thing exist?

Why are so many mechanical keyboards tiny? They don't want to spend the money for more switches?

I thought I found something "close enough" in this split mechanical keyboard (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FK74QY5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...). But it is "tiny" and doesn't have normal function keys, etc. After a while its lack of keys drove me crazy and I went back to my old mushy MS Natural.

[oposa]

> Why are so many mechanical keyboards tiny? They don't want to spend the money for more switches?

Yes, to some extent at least. But maybe more the pcb, plate, case etc. I have a pcb for a ms natural style keyboard (without the numpad) and the effective size is 40x15 cm (16x6 inches). Not that expensive to get in China, but I guess it is has also become fashion with smaller boards now. I think the whole thing sort of started with modifying pok3r, ducky, ninja type keyboards

[drewg123]

That sounds like exactly what I want. Are you selling a keyboard around it? I don't need the numpad, but after 10+ years of ms natural, I'm used to the remainder of the layout.

[oposa]

Unfortunately not in the foreseeable future. It is a couple of years old at this point, and I haven't really tested it either. I think you would also need palm rests to recreate the experience well enough.

[tobeportable]

> Why are so many mechanical keyboards tiny?

It's more about travel distance from your home row. Adding more modifiers or having vim like modes baked in your keyboard help filling the gap.

[erikerikson]

This would be wonderful.