Is This Weird Keyboard Any Good? Niu Mini 40% Review
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2020
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My 40% layout: pastebin.com/BTkAFb04 (you can upload it to QMK Configurator: config.qmk.fm/#/)
Niu Mini 40% from KBDFans: kbdfans.com/products/niu-mini-40-diy-kit
DSA Blank Keycaps from KPRepublic: www.aliexpress.com/item/32856011185.html
Coiled miniUSB Cable: www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/152744334919
i am thinking corne with aliaz silent
@@user-xe7dc2sz7o What the hell is CIS
@@user-xe7dc2sz7o Oh. Yeah, I'm Russian, actually.
@@user-xe7dc2sz7o Мне 25 и загоняться точно не стоит - в 19 я и англ. толком не знал. Слепое изучение языков которые тебе в жизни не пригодятся это точно не признак развития, разве что тебе просто нравится изучать языки. Мне конкретно они все в какой-то степени нужны, поэтому я их более-менее знаю. Английский всем более менее нужен, подтянуть его можно потребляя англоязычный контент, благо его в избытке.
How many languages do you speak man? I tried mastering a 3rd, but I think I tried learning when I was too old.
the most amazing part was your fluency in different languages WOW
A lot of takes and jumpcuts :D
в какой стране живеш что так получается поддерживать все языки?
@@WolfgangsChannel but damn your French was perfect !
@@Neptune1991 hmm not perfect but very good
Biggest flex tbh
Your russian is really fluent, i thought my brain was playing some kind of trick on me when you pulled that off
@@pedrogonzalez5590 Is he? I loosely recall him mentioning in one of his past videos that he lives in Germany.
@@h.b.5577 He does live in Germany
@@basketpourrie Well, I just saw that video too, but thank you for clarifying that in the thread :)
Im impressed with your language skills. Care to share how you learned them and what moitvated you?
@Jakub Klimczak The right path to become a 30 year old boomer …
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Same here. German, Russian, French and English only in this video. Impressive! Voting for language related video on Wolfgang's channel.
Lets see:
russian - native
english - everybody is learning it in school
german - he lives in germany, so he had a lot of practice
french - idk why he needs it but its much easier to learn the fourth language than the second
Окей, за что ты так со мной, я чуть не умер когда ты заговорил на русском, причем почти без акцента, можешь не пугать так пожалуйста
Постараюсь
@@WolfgangsChannel ну это конечно даа... это круто!
Сколько ты язык знаешь вообще?
Yeah what he said
@@the_monarch2172 lmfao
Wolfgang's subs are 60% more infatuated with him after this video.
You speak russian, french, german, english you must be german listening to your accent.
Are all German so fluent in different languages ? Dang it !
I'll probably stay with my TKL keyboard but still it'd be interesting to see if it actualy optimize my typing experience or not ..
Good Video man, very informative thanks !
Definetly not nativ german speaking, but impressive anyway!
Keep going Wolfgang!
@@erikkruger3409 He's a Russian German, so he is definitely a native speaker of both German and Russian, I assume.
Edit: Well yes, his German carries some accent (never heard him speak German before actually). But who cares? He seems to be a really talented guy.
A lot of people in Europe speak their native language a neighboring country's (or 2) language and English.
I do only speak French and English and I don't know for others European country but French people definitly don't apply to your rule ahah, but yes still a very talented dude !
@@SeboxFX Are you French?
So when do you switch to 20% keyboard?
As someone who's been using a 40% ergonomic keyboard for about 9 months: it's amazing and I can't imagine going back to a full-size keyboard. The fact every single functionality you'd see e.g. on a normal laptop keyboard is available without moving the hands back and forth, and just as fast because you basically just use the thumbs for more than pressing a single oversized spacebar. Including stuff like the arrow keys which are directly under the fingertips at all times. But beware, I'm a hardcore Vim user and am comfortable with keyboard shortcuts, so YMMV.
The tip about not using blank keycaps is good for beginners - I started out with a ~50% keyboard with basically the same layout and number row, and even though I didn't use the number row it still helped to see at a glance which number is hidden where. Nowadays I can enter everything without looking at keys, so over time you can probably go for blank keycaps as well if you insist.
Also in my experience it's possible to use a 40% keyboard and still switch to a standard keyboard now and then. The first few times it's a bit strange but over time the brain learns to differentiate between the two. So I can still use a normal laptop keyboard, for example, but it feels much more cumbersome because all the keys are spread out farther.
And I went for Aliaz 70g switches instead of the 60g, but I can confirm those are really damn quiet. Comparable to an average laptop keyboard as long as the case is quiet enough.
Jesus... that multilingual brain is freaking hot... *cries in 2.5 languages*
Cries in 3.5 Languages
*cries in .5 languages*
*[makes sad noises]*
*cries in 2.25 languages.*
*Cries in 1.75 languages*
Great video! It all makes far more sense and now I actually have the terminology I needed to search for items.
Great product placement! Keep going that way
Ugh. Now I wish I could hear all the other linux-oriented youtubers speak Russian, because I was not, in any concievable way, prepared to hear you speak it, and got legit shocked.
very impressed that you've heard of bépo,considering only a tiny percentage of the francophones are aware of its existence
Congrats for 30k subs!!
Very cool seeing a switch type I've never heard of! Hearing you speak 4 different languages was crazy impressive too. Can you make a video talking about how you learned them so fluently?
Kudos on the trackball as well. I myself like weird stuff. I am currently using the Bastron Glass keyboard and an Elecom HUGE with my Hackintosh. Are you left-handed?
Cheers Wolfgang! The keyboard topic really has been haunting me recently. Currently, I have a Vortex Poker 3 RGB ISO-DE in use, but will swap it for a Poker Black ANSI-US.
Indeed, I realized way too late that the ANSI layout is not only superior in terms of economics (better symmetry, much nicer Enter key), but it is in fact far more suitable for text input in virtually all languages that use Latin script when used in conjunction with a Compose key, similar to vim Digraph feature. I think I will map my Compose key to Right Alt / AltGr.
That said, I guess ortholinear layouts and blank key caps are not for me though. I first need to improve accuracy of my touch typing, but then I wonder, won't blank key caps kinda undermine the purpose of RGB lighting?
As for alternative layouts, I have been digging into that as well in terms of research, but I wouldn't want to have ZXCV and HJKL swapped for OS and vim keybindings, so any other alternative layout won't have any point.
BTW, respect for your language skills. For some reason, I learned how to read Cyrillic script (sorta), but don't actually speak any Russian. I think I should change that.
You use Vim right? How can you not use page up/down or rather what do you use instead? Thanks!
Wolfgang is fluent in English: pretty impressive, he doesn't even have a very strong accent
Wolfgang flexes his British accent: that sounds really natural, I guess he learned with a British teacher or spent some time in the UK or someting
Wolfgang is fluent in French: okay, this boi has big brain
Wolfgang is fluent in Russian: Wolfgang is a Russian spy android. He is was created with ancient technology uncovered from a mysterious meteor crater found deep in the Siberian steppe.
SCP-6478 The Chelyabinsk meteor experiment
7:58 Это было великолепно
Congrats for 30.9K subscribers :p
Random comment, but are you still using the Logitech MX Ergo? Would you consider making a review on it? Stellar considerations and keyboard advise, btw!
Keep the good work; I love your channel :)
Realy nice impression of your language skills. Thanks for that, i was very suprised listening to your German Accent.
I am very impressed!.. both by your language skills and the keyboard!
I NEED those silent key switches. That seems so nice!
Nice to see that a 40% ortholinear can be used practically. I'm having a hard enough time on my 65% with FN + Shift + Esc for a ~. Also just getting into programming and not sure if I will need page up/down etc.
40% keyboard can support 2 or 3 "fn" key. So you can setting ~ like fn2 + esc. (Yeah, my english very bad, becose i from russia, хаха, лол :))
I personally use a Planck since half a year and I do not regret it. The biggest downside is (like Wolfgang said) mapping the umlauts properly on the smaller layout. But I got used to it quite fast.
2:45 Why not print your keyboard layout on a paper sheet and put it next to a monitor?
So you mentioned that Cherry Browns are still a bit too loud? I have browns and I really like them but what would you recommend as a quieter alternative?
Aliaz is pretty good
Ah, merci, tu as répondu à beaucoup de questions que je me posais sur le Planck :)
And well done for your nails video!
No joke. Als du angafangen hast auf Deutsch zu reden, hast du meine gesammte Weltanschauung durcheinander gebracht und dann auf einmal noch fließendes Französisch und Russisch(das kann ich nicht einschätzen). Auch die Tatsache, dass du dir mehrere Layouts beigebracht hast ist wirklich beeindruckend. Ich wollte das nur mal loswerden. Bin selber interessiert am Lernen von möglichst vielen Dingen, aber das, was du machst, beweist Durchhaltevermögen des Todes
That sponsor transition made me think like wow some new competition for Linus
Then I paused the video to read the split second message at 3:26
hey i would love to buy an ortholinear, but i would prefer to have the keyboard split in two, since i am a big dude and my hand are fairly apart and when i type sometime they feel to close for comfort.
but real talk how do you manage without numbers?? i use them all the time and i need them to be readily accesible.
finally that shift key and the brackets down there so you dont strain your pinky is freaking genious. i might try to play around in my keyboard with the now.
Have a look at Let's Split :)
I really enjoy my good old full size Keytronic KT2000 E3602 from the 1992. It feels so real.
Impressive!
How's your Polish?
;)
your content on your Channel is awesome, thank you for inspiring us newbies to the tech world : )
What apps do you use on your mac?
Great keyboard! I like the quiet keys too! Have you heard of a much smaller keyboard you can use with one hand? It was called Frogpad. They are out of biz now but I’m trying to find one.
Epic Video
THX for the advise with the German layout
Hey, kannst du das mit den Umlauten genauer erklären?
Also dein OS geht von einem US layout aus und du nutzt Umlaute mihilfe von ALT. Meinst du damit ALT-Codes, also z.B. ALT+132?
Ich hatte es versucht mit ALT-Codes (z.B. 'send_altcode(228, record);'), jedoch hat das dann bei manchen Programmen eigenartige Seiteneffekte. Im Browser wird z.B. die Seite neu geladen.
Kennst du dieses Problem, bzw hast du das irgendwie anders gelöst als ich?
send_altcode(228, record);
Ist einfach nur ein Macro, welches Alt drückt und die numberpad nummern tapped.
Ach ne, ich habe es einfach in Software eingestellt. In Windows kann man das mit AHK machen
@@WolfgangsChannel Achsooo, okay, das ist natürlich auch eine Option. Vielen Dank für die schnelle Antwort :)
weird multilingual flex but ok
What microphone are you using? I like anything that’s small, which brought me here to the 40% layout niche
Comica VM10
Ooh Super nice video! Personaly own a Planck and a NIU Mini and have been using them for Gaming,Code and everyday use for around 3months and i really like them! Ortho is the way to go!! Personaly have mine Built with Creams and TangierinesV2.
Congrats on a sponsor
How did you manage to get all the non-english symbols on a layer? Did you go about it with character codes or something else?
I didn’t, I use two separate layouts
Hi, I saw that you have a Focusrite audio interface and I wanted to ask, did you have any problems using it with linux? I'm a musician and I also have a Focusrite so that's why I ask. Awesome video btw, cheers
I used to have zero problems with it, but lately I've been having this weird issue where PulseAudio would randomly change the sample rate, and all the audio would become low-pitched. Pretty weird.
@@WolfgangsChannel That's really weird and problematic as the sudden change in the sample rate can bring aliasing issues, maybe there's an app interfering with the audio, anyway, thank you for taking the time to reply, you make awesome content.
that linus segue way style
Any idea if the videos are available on any platforms like lbry?
Nope, unfortunately
Hey danke fur deine empfehlung mit Umlaute auf dem Tastatur. Ich habe nicht gedacht das ich eine 40% Tastatur benutzen konnte. Aber jetzt vielleicht versuche ich.
I use the PUO layout (adnw.de). German letters are on a separate layer. I also highly use the layers 3 and 4 from the Neo2 layout. I only have one shift key on the left thumb and I use the thumbs for layer 3 and 4 and Ctrl
Hey, Wolfgang, how do you press Shift without any other buttons, Alt without other buttons, both Shifts at the same time? How do you press Ctrl-Alt-Delete?
What do you mean
@@WolfgangsChannel , for example, you need to press Alt to see menu in Firefox, which is hidden most of the time. Or both shifts together to leave guest operating system in Virtualbox or Vmware (or some other VM, I don't remember which one used that combination). What will you do?
@@dmitrynikolaev5743 Press a key a little bit longer
It looks cool and fancy. Would like to try it out.
But i dont want to buy anything that doesnt have usb-c :/
Are all those keyboards at 1:30 yours? Beautiful collection if so.
I wish!
@@WolfgangsChannel Lol! Oh well, we can dream. Those Canoe boards especially look cool to me. Btw, I watched your Niu review and it was excellent. I think I'm going to order this kit if they have any left.
Been using Colemak on my Planck for about 2 years now and I'll never go back. Glad keyboards like these are getting more popular!
I'm about to go ortholinear and I'm wondering about difficulties in going back and forth between ortho and regular. Thoughts after your time using ortho? Do you still use regular keyboards? How's the transition?
Really considering buying one right now. Also how did you learn all these languages so fluently, damn.
The honesty and fairness on this channel is great
С первого мною увиденного видео знал, что вы -- русскоговорящий. Просто у меня так же голос меняется, когда начинаю на английском говорить. Прямо чувствую напряжение в горле, когда слушаю вашу речь.
он вроде как немец,но русский у него действительно хороший
Awesome watching you speaking so many languages fluently.
Hey make a video on a trackball mouse you have there. I'm getting one myself and I have not found that many videos about it. It's a lot better than a regular mouse in my opinion.
2:35 funny you tell this, I personally found blank keycaps forced me to memorize and internalize the keymap on muscle level memory (typing this on 3d printed handwired split dactyl manuform with Colemak layout).
Edit: I'd suggest having a backup keyboard to enter your passwords would be helpful for first week or so - of course with laptop you have this built-in.
Same, I've never used legends. I'll first memorize the full layout from pen and paper fluently to make sure I don't introduce early bad habits and mistakes when I start rewiring my muscle memory.
The ergodox has staggered keys too, though
They're just staggered vertically, rather than horizontally
Inspired by your video I set up 1ms macros on my Anne Pro 2 so I could type the Portuguese characters çõãàê⪺ more easily using the Fn2 key, which I made to be right beside AltGr, this way I don't have to sacrifice the `~ key as a dead key as I use it a lot for programming. The more common chars áéíóú were already mapped to AltGr with just one key press on the "US Intl. with AltGr" layout on Linux. The good thing about Linux is that despite the ObinsKit limitations, I can input any char with macros just using the Ctrl+Alt+U unicode input mode (similar to the alt+numpad combo on windows), which is the case for ª and º
Is it jarring switching from a different keyboard layout to a normal one constantly, like you're laptop?
Not really. It's like switching between a bike and a car.
I though that this weird looking B (can not find in german keyboard) is same as 'ss' in german. Can you replace it in every word?
Yes, it pretty much is the same. Until recently (1990-2000) ß had always been used in place of double-s, but then they introduced a reform and now it's only used in some cases (e.g. after a long vowel). People will still understand if you write daß instead of dass, but it's not technically correct anymore
Two points:
1. There's definitely an advantage (at least for me personally and the way I use the keyboard) to a 40% instead of a larger keyboard. Quick access to arrow keys, the number pad, macros and even controlling the mouse without ever leaving the home row by just pressing, holding or double pressing macro buttons is a HUGE DEAL.
2. Blank keycaps are also better and less confusing for me, since the E button (for example) isn't just E for me, it is also 3, Next Track, F3 and # depending on which layer I am on.
I reallz enjoz zour kezboard videos! Being the layz American that I am, I’m reminded of the time I lived in Zurich and never bothered to learn the QWERTZ kezboard and instead just tzped everzthing from QWERTY muscle memorz. I hope zou do more kezboard videos in the future!
Why did I read it with German accent
Do you think i should get a niu mini or planck?
I'd say get whatever is available for cheaper. I haven't tried planck but they're similar to each other.
@@WolfgangsChannel nice! I bought the cyan one already. Can't wait for it to arrive. Btw is it okay to put in 3 pin key switches? Or must it be 5 pin?
as far as i know, 5-pin is PCB mounted and 3-pin is plate-mounted. You want to order 3-pin switches if I remember correcltly, but if you got 5-pin ones that's fine too, you can just cut the extra pins off with angle cutters.
What is the keyboard at 5:15?
hi, I wanted to know if anyone had a 2023 update?
How do you switch layouts? Why aren't you using something like "English International" which is mostly English layout, but has all those characters like ß and all others for any language using latin.
English International is mostly made for people who type English 99% of the time but occasionally need to type an accented letter here or there. I only need umlauts, ß, plus dead keys with acute, grave and circumflex accents. My modified layout makes it possible to access those letters quicker since I do type in German pretty often
Fuck, I am french and live near the German border you have a perfect German accents the french one is really good too. Cheer man dedication to language is good.
The thumbnail hits the nail on the head...
dude. wow! Another polygloth! SO rare, awesome stuff ^^ Happy to hear you speak so well :)! (half-Russian here)
Ich bin nur hergekommen um zu hören wie Wolfgang in mehreren verschiedenen Sprachen spricht! :)
0:38 ...the angle of that keyboard dude... do they even use keyboards at linus tech tips?
That's the best setup if you wanna kill your wrists, lol. It's like a baby putting a shoe on the hand because it doesn't know what to do with it.
@@SaHaRaSquad ironic because its having the opposite effect on an ergonomic keyboard
Your mastery multiple language deserves a comment, and you know it. Very impressive.
Wow, really good french pronunciation !
But i had problem hearing the part when you said "En aucun cas"
It looks like the perfect vim keyboard, if you are not really concerned with other languages.
I regularly switch between several different keyboard layouts, so blank keycaps wouldn't be any less helpful than whatever static layout. A 40% keyboard just sounds a bit cumbersome when the language you're trying to type has more letters than you have keys on your keyboard.
To French speakers I wholeheartedly recommend bépo, you don't have to break your fingers while typing and it includes Æ and Œ, which are missing from the default AZERTY layout for some reason. Azerty is the worst layout I've tried so far, it doesn't even support the language it was supposedly designed for. I use the term "designed" lightly here, because in my headcanon they just messed up the QUERTY layout before slapping on some French letters for the sole purpose of being different.
>Azerty is the worst layout I've tried so far
Agreed
Where are you currently living? Germany?
Just went bonkers when you just started to switch languages non-stop. I barely know my second language. How the hell, dude???
Hearing you swap to russian and talk so fluently was really creepy, i must applaud your skill, very, very impressive.
Actually if you don't have any video idea planned for the forseeable future, I belive it's safe to say most of us here would love to know what environment are you stuyding languages in - what's your workflow, how have you configured your linux (mac?) for it, what general tips and advices can you give on tackling languages in our digital age.
Thank you for your advice, from an AZERTY guy! I've always wondered how would it work for me...
Benutzt du jetzt gar kein Linux mehr? Außerdem gutes Video.
Im hintergrund war Linux geöffnet.
@@sutyi06 Wo? Ich sehe nur macos
"Cherry MX Browns are too loud, my coworkers used to give me looks"
*Laughs in Outemu Blues*
...everyone hates me
Beamspring solenoid mode ACTIVATE!
7:58 Я чуть со стула не упал. Привет из России.
Here I am in Jan. 2021 watching this, when he says "next couple months"... **cries in Covid**
I've ordered an Iris!
I need a machanical keyboard. Ive been typing on my laptop for too long.
7:58 how long have you been learning russian?Very cool level i mean, almost no accent
Заставляет задуматься неправда ли
@@WolfgangsChannel Make sure to make a video about your linguistics journey, it is extremely impressive... All those big "multi-lingual" youtube channel won't stand a chance!
Also, check out the channel: ruclips.net/video/94oXHrPudPk/видео.html
@@gregorybai363 you mean boomer luke's latin doesn't stand a chance, walk on home boy!
As a French person with a weird keyboard with blank keycaps who learnt to type on a Dvorak layout but then considered Colemak and is now using Workman, I don't fully agree that blanks is such a bad idea! It's somewhat easier to have the legends on the keys, but a piece of paper with the layout on it between your keyboard and your screen does the trick too. Especially if the goal is to learn to touch type!
As for typing French, I made my own Workman keyboard layout with all the accented keys on the layer you get when pressing alt, including œ. I like it because Alt is in a comfortable spot on my keyboard and then I don't have to reach all the way to the number keys to type accents. But I guess it gets a lot more complicated when you regularly type German and Russian on top of that!
I didn't expect a video that's simultaneously in 4 languages...
Je savais pas que tu parlais français. Si tu as le choix d'apprendre l'espagnole ou le Japonais, tu choisirais quoi?
J'ai appris l'espagnole au Lycée mais, j'ai presque tous oublié et je veux apprendre un troisième langage. Le japonais est tentant, parce que comme tous les weebs, je voudrais bien regarder mes animé sans sous-titre.
please please tell how you customise iterm 2.
I already replied to your comment stop spamming pls
@@WolfgangsChannel Thank you chosen one.
@@WolfgangsChannel I'm also sorry, youtube notifications are trash.
You must be the only German ytber that does not sound German, great work love your videos.
though he sounds russian (maybe you don't hear this, but at least for us it's kinda obvious)
I use a dead key for ä, ö and ü. I can type all other letters like ë, ï or ḧ this way. There are other dead keys e.g. for french and other languages
Привет! Крайне классная клавиатура, обзор очень понравился, всё ждал, как на русском заговорите :)
Shout-out to the lispers who got excited around 5:59. :)
(what-better (than this)) ; => nil ;)
P.S. Kudos from one American that actually appreciated the multi-language info. Thanks for that!