I used carpalX for a while: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/ http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/ I did feel it was more convenient, but I never got up to my typing sp

I used carpalX for a while: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/ http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/ I did feel it was more convenient, but I never got up to my typing speed with regular QWERTY (~130wpm), I peaked at about 60 or 80, can't remember. Surely I would get there with time, but it would take time and be limited to English anyway, which isn't my first language. The website itself is very interesting though: the guy developed an algorithm for assessing the quality of keyboard layouts, and another - based on simulated annealing - to create his own. The theory behind this was more interesting to me than the layout itself. I played with Dvorak and Colemak too, but neither felt as comfy. One great idea I adopted from Colemak though is setting that useless caps lock key to backspace. That feels really great, especially the ability of deleting the last word with only left hand; ctrl + backspace requires both hands on normal keyboard layout, ctrl + capslock doesn't and feels very natural. It's about the first thing I set up on every new machine I lay my hands on.