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I recently fell and broke my right hand, and had to get screws in it, so it was out of commission for 4 months or so (it's fine now). It was a giant pain in th
by llimllib 5y ago
I recently fell and broke my right hand, and had to get screws in it, so it was out of commission for 4 months or so (it's fine now).
It was a giant pain in the butt. The best thing I found for OS X was the `half-qwerty keyboard emulation (rev 2)`[1] Karabiner plugin, that let me type with one hand by holding the space bar to mirror the keyboard layout.
I got OK at it, but I went from my normal 100ish wpm down to an error-filled 15wpm or so, which fundamentally changed the way I work. It was very unpleasant and I don't recommend it.
I bet with more practice that I could have gotten up to 30ish wpm one-handed, but thankfully I didn't have to do it for too long.
1: https://ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org/?q=qwerty https://ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org/?q=qwerty
- Toutouxc 5y agoOut of curiosity, have you also tried moving your hand and using the whole keyboard in a hunt-and-peck-ish manner? Or was the mirroring thing your first go-to option? Because I can't imagine something like that being my first go-to option.
- llimllib 5y agoOf course I also tried hunt and pecking with one hand, and the mirror plugin doesn't prevent you from switching freely between the two. After some practice I was somewhat faster with the mirroring setup, but both were pretty unpleasant.