[0cf8612b2e1e]

The lack of F keys continues to boggle my mind on these custom layouts. I need to be be able to mash F5 or F8 at a moments notice without any chording nonsense. Unless you are working from an ironing board, most desks have ample “vertical” space to extend towards the monitor with the extra keyboard row.

[K7PJP]

Perhaps they're using these keyboards on a Mac? MacOS doesn't really use F keys. They're instead dedicated to some system-wide controls (media, volume, display brightness) by default, and you'd need to chord to use them as function keys. They're rarely assigned to anything anyway.

[madphilosopher]

And keep them in groups of 4 so I can easily and deftly land on F5 and F8, which are to the extremities of the group.