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The author's ultimate solution of "use OSX/iOS shortcuts for every word to speed up your typing" is pretty wild. I could imagine myself using this method when
by red_hare 6y ago
The author's ultimate solution of "use OSX/iOS shortcuts for every word to speed up your typing" is pretty wild.
I could imagine myself using this method when I think about the _tens of minutes_ of my life I've probably saved now by just making "@@" a shortcut for my email address.
Unfortunately, like Dvorak, which the author also proposes, it has the "doesn't work on my friend's computer" problem. Although, maybe a little easier to untrain your fingers from than Dvorak...
- carabiner 6y agoHow often are you using your friend's computer?
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoMore annoying for me is that it has the "doesn't work in certain apps" problem. Firefox, for instance, blatantly ignores macOS's text replacement shortcuts.
- vulcan01 6y agoYea, this was annoying for me as well. I found Espanso (open-source), which seems to work on all the apps I've tried: https://espanso.org/ https://espanso.org/ Not affiliated, just a happy user.
- svachalek 6y agoI've heretofore used them for common terms in my work/hobby and they can be quite helpful. This is really next level though. I think I'm gonna try adding a few common everyday phrases on a weekly basis and see how it works out.
- stevage 6y ago>"doesn't work on my friend's computer" problem As I've gotten older, I find this situation almost never comes up. Occasionally in some workplaces you are temporarily using someone else's computer. In which case, you either fall back to QWERTY, or take the 60 seconds to add Dvorak to their machine.