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I switched to Colemak a little over 10 years ago and I've never looked back. I used to struggle a lot with hand pain when typing for more than a few hours, Cole
by jcalvinowens 3y ago
I switched to Colemak a little over 10 years ago and I've never looked back. I used to struggle a lot with hand pain when typing for more than a few hours, Colemak completely fixed that.
It took me about three weeks to become proficient enough that typing stopped being frustrating. Those three weeks really sucked, that was the hardest part.
It took a couple years, but I'm solidly "bilingual" now and can switch between Colemak and Qwerty with no effort.
There is zero overlap in my brain with thumb typing on the phone and touch typing on a keyboard. I've kept qwerty on my pixel and it's never bothered or confused me once.
It's not really a win for me in terms of productivity, but being able to type 120wpm is fun :)
- rsolva 3y agoYour story is very similar to mine, I switched to Colemak in 2010 and it took about 3 weeks of 5 minutes bursts of practice a couple of times every day(ish). I have never looked back. My motivation was moving my finger less, speed was just a bonus.
- tome 3y agoEerily similar to mine too! Except I switched to Dvorak; Colemak didn't exist at the time :(