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I also designed my own layout (https://i.imgur.com/C7GSCoE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/C7GSCoE.jpg) I used it for around a year, but I'm back to qwerty now, specif
by okasaki 3y ago
I also designed my own layout (https://i.imgur.com/C7GSCoE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/C7GSCoE.jpg)
I used it for around a year, but I'm back to qwerty now, specifically on a low-profile keyboard with red switches from aliexpress.
Pros:
- Some people think it's cool
- It's interesting to do it
- It's fun getting fast at typing on a new layout
Cons:
- Most people think it's weird
- It can get expensive
- Although I was eventually able to switch quite seamlessly between my layout and qwerty, for a few months my qwerty skills were very bad.
- If you don't want to carry it to and from work, you need 2 keyboards, or suffer two layouts
- When typing I sometimes found myself thinking about the keyboard and layout rather than what I was writing
- There's no ergonomic benefit that I could see, but I don't have any problems with normal keyboards
- sleepybrett 3y agoI tried to switch to workman a while ago. I only did it on my kinesis advantage (my main work board). I left my gaming keyboard, normal flat 65. I was able to switch back and forth but I credit that to a kind of muscle memory because of the advantages physical layout. I also went back, partly 'getting back up to speed' frustration and partially because I'm really not sure what I was going to get out of it. After almost 40 years with qwerty keyboards ... it doesn't seem like i'm going to get that much benefit if there is even a measurable benefit.