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Aside from aesthetic preferences, I think the staggered layout is yet another design quirk carried over from typewriters. Ortholinear layouts feels more comfortable and coherent to me, ever since I've gotten used to them.

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it absolutely is a carryover, yeah. i think technology connections has a video on it. personally i think they look weird (maybe it's just because that's what i'm used to) i think i can see why it'd feel more comfortable, tho i wonder if having keys on such a perfect grid like that would actually..

..be less ergonomic? to each their own i guess. the staggered layout has always felt really comfortable for me, at least once touch typing finally clicked