go the whole hog and move the left half of the bottom row one key to the left

its the way forward

I have thought about it, but am holding out!

I am using the angle mod finger technique already, just with the "wrong" keys, i.e. C with index finger, X with middle, etc. I am used to this for many years, from before I even realized I was doing it.  I also kind of like the fact the the most common letter on the bottom row is hit with my strongest finger.  Presumably there may be a small penalty for this, but I can't imagine it's very significant... the bigrams don't look common at first glance TC,DC,PC,GC,VC  vs  SC,FC ?

I tend to get several decisions wrong. Then I try them out, sometimes for a year before caving in and doing the right thing. So while I may be ahead of some, it's just because I made the mistakes earlier! :) The =+ in the middle was a tough decision but after using the right-hand number row with extra stagger for a while I decided that it was too disruptive that way.

Steve: As you can see, I moved the slash key to the hash key position (which is really the old LBr position). On an ISO board that's a better position and furthermore, it's a better remap for that key since you're used to hitting it by moving the pinky down and now you can just move the pinky up instead. The slash should be much more in use than hash, so I think it's a right decision (after trying many many possibilities). That position, in fact, has been in so much flux that it's become my nomenclature for Wide mods: The ISO mod I use is called 'AngleWide-Slash' precisely because it has the Slash key in that position. ;)

I've mostly seen matrix keyboards which I don't trust unless they have separate halves with an angle like you said. The ones I've seen with the right slant to them have been crappy ones. But I'm no expert. The main boon to doing it my way is that you can make every keyboard a fairly ergonomic one: Laptop, cheapo work boards, the lot. If you do want proper hardware, I think Davkol knows his stuff.

I didn't want to shift the F6–F12 keys back for a couple of reasons:
• Firstly, I feel it's more consistent to move the whole key and not just some layers of it.
• Secondly, the 3–4 F keys from F7 up will show the wrong numbers (I usually physically move key caps for the Wide mods).
• Thirdly, I don't seem to use the F12 key much; I don't really know what it's for to be honest. ;)

I suppose you don't use the F13 key either?  ;-) ;-)