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Very nice work, I'd like to see the result not with books, but with programming languages. The problem is but you loose a very valuable thing: the ability to u
by neves 6y ago
Very nice work, I'd like to see the result not with books, but with programming languages.
The problem is but you loose a very valuable thing: the ability to use any keyboard. You won't be able to pair program. You'll be very slow when using your mother's computer. The ability to use any keyboard is more valuable than increasing your WPS.
- snazz 6y agoSome people are able to use two keyboard layouts fairly well so long as they practice both. Having and using a traditional keyboard layout on a laptop in addition to your heavily-customized desktop setup is a good way to do both.
- dljsjr 6y agoTypically alternative keyboard layouts are installed as a mapping at the operating system level, I don't think the author is proposing a keyboard with that hardware layout. And most modern OS's allow for switching key maps on the fly with little effort. I worked in a lab with a guy who typed exclusively in Dvorak and there was no issue with pair programming along side him nor for him to get his key map on shared workstations.
- thomastjeffery 6y agoSome people have managed to keep their qwerty muscle memory. I haven't. To me, it's absolutely worth it. If I'm going somewhere that I might use someone else's system for more than a few minutes, I bring my keyboard.