I'm mainly a programmer, not an electronic engineer, which means that I have to type a lot, but at the same time I need to use the mouse. Recently I got tired of not having the keyboard perfectly centered, and having instead to keep it "to the left" to leave space to keep the mouse in a comfortable position. That's why I started to search for alternative, more compact keyboards.

The first ones that I found were the "ten-keyless" versions. Unfortunately, in general these aren't very compact since they usually keep some space between the navigation and letter islands, and also some border.

Then there are the "compact" ones, which remove the navigation island and either concentrate their keys in a single row, or removes them completely and relies on a "Fn" key, like in a lot of laptops.

Neither of these options fitted me, so I decided to design and build my own layout for a compact keyboard with absolutely all the keys.