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The slow fade of Alice layouts
Alice mounts had a clear moment between 2021 and 2023 — the splayed alphas, the angled bar, the promise of a typing posture that didn't twist your wrists. The thock trends snapshot for 2026-W19 pegs Alice movement at -18 and trending down. The layout still has loyal users, but the curve has bent.
thock4 min read
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The Nyawice puts a leaf-spring F1 mount under a friction-fit-cat-ears Alice
An Alice-layout board with a leaf-spring F1 mount, a 9-degree typing angle, and four colorways of friction-fit silicone cat ears is open at CannonKeys through 2026-05-17. The mount type is the editorial story; the cat ears are the conversation.
thock6 min read
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Reading the Trends Tracker
thock's Trends Tracker is a weekly snapshot of what is rising, falling, or holding flat across the hobby — switches, keycaps, layouts, vendors, and brands, scored on a single -100 to 100 scale and updated every Friday. This is what the columns mean and what they do not.
thock5 min read