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I'm going on paternity leave soon and hoping to use the opportunity to learn a new keyboard layout but I'm having a tough time picking which one to learn. I've

I'm going on paternity leave soon and hoping to use the opportunity to learn a new keyboard layout but I'm having a tough time picking which one to learn. I've already got an ergonomic keyboard (Iris) but I still hate the feeling of querty's layout. I run into so many words that just feel bad to type. I think I've narrowed it down to two options (but I'm open to suggestions): Colemak mod-DH and Dvorak. They both take pretty different approaches that both seem to have merit. I like the ubiquity of Dvorak but I don't really predict it'll be difficult for me to get Colemak on any computer I use. Dvorak seems great but the placement of L and S seem very awkward to me. Colemak mod-DH seems to make more sense but I'm skeptical of the promise of finger rolls.

thomastjeffery 6y ago
When I was at this stage, I tried dvorak, colemak, workman, and norman. I got sick of typing ls -l with my pinky, so I decided against Dvorak. I really liked the feel of digraphs in workman and norman. In the end, I decided I didn't like the h placement in Norman. After typing with workman for a few years, I'm very glad I learned. Every time I type, I am reminded how much more comfortable it is. I would recommend you look at what's available, and choose whatever one you like best. If you are on the fence about two or three, just start learning all of them, and drop the ones you don't like.