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About 11 years ago (I think) I switched to the Colemak layout. It's a pain to switch at first but you do quickly get used to it. That forced me to always touc
by Lio 6y ago
About 11 years ago (I think) I switched to the Colemak layout. It's a pain to switch at first but you do quickly get used to it.
That forced me to always touch type, a good thing. It also has the advantage that the layout is pretty consistent across physical keyboard layout.
That's not the case for UK Qwerty; UK Apple is different to UK ISO is different (obviously) to ANSI. Where as Colemak is pretty consistent. So it's been helpful when moving between machines and OSs.
...it's also been the generator of hilarious memories, such as when someone changes their layout to Colemak for me to type something and then we logout their machine and discover they can't type their password or change layout back to Qwerty. Ah, good times...