(Though it does have a generously padded wrist rest, which I love). Out of the box, it lies completely flat, which hardly seems very ergo. “Guess what the keyboard doesn’t have any of? If you guessed “feet,” you win. The USB cable is also braided, by the way – a nice touch. A braided cable allows for up to 12 inches of separation, but there’s another eight inches tucked into a convenient cubby on the bottom, if you really need to set them 20 inches apart. When pushed together to mimic an ordinary keyboard, the Freestyle Edge RGB spans about 15.5 inches wide (only a little smaller than a typical full-size keyboard), but of course the appeal here is that you can position the two halves wherever you like.
Last but not least, you’ll find the programming cluster – four keys for changing profiles, editing macros, and remapping keys – high atop the right side. On the YUIOP side, the Function key takes the form of a special Kinesis “gear” button that activates the special functions of F7 through F12 – these are all unique to the keyboard, like mounting the virtual drive (more on that later), toggling n-key rollover (you get 6-key rollover by default), and Game Mode, which disables the Windows key. It also controls F1 through F6, which doubles as media controls. The Function key on the QWERT side is the general-purpose Function key that gives you access to macros and remappings everywhere on the keyboard. There are two separate Function keys with distinct purposes, and while that might at first seem weird, it makes sense. (The Game Bank also houses the lighting toggle and Function key.) The eastern side of the board (YUIOP) has a weird arrangement of navigation keys like Home, PageUp, PageDn, and arrow keys in a sort of reverse-L arrangement on the far right that gets in the way if you’re expecting to find the Enter key at the edge. The left side (which I’ll refer to as the QWERT half) is lined with the “Game Bank,” which features nine keys that arrive as a blank slate where you can store special keys and macros, or to remap important keys from the other half. The Freestyle Edge RGB looks weird because of the split, but at its core, it’s a tenkeyless keyboard with an arrangement that marches to the sound of its own drummer. A split keyboard lets you arrange the two halves however you like – you can move them apart and turn them at an angle, which is an antidote to RSI. Traditional keyboards strain your wrists by forcing you to keep your hands parallel when you type. JackiecobraThe idea here is based on sound physiological research that’s been around since the Great Depression.
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