Not observant myself, but best wishes to those of the faith. My first ever hand-wired keyboard was a Planck with an extra column.
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Were key-board ergonomics not invented until the 90's or something? A perfect grid for the key's is a nightmare to actually type on or use. This was figured out during the type-writer heyday.
Typewriters were staggered so that the mechanical arms wouldn't collide. Your finger bends out and back linearly. Personally I prefer split keyboards or ones like the Atreus that have each half angled out, this avoids having to bend your wrists. But either way keyboards with linear columns are more ergonomic than staggered columns.