> This is a problem with alternative layouts - you have to relearn or remap all the shortcuts for different apps as well as learn the new alphabet locations. A

> This is a problem with alternative layouts - you have to relearn or remap all the shortcuts for different apps as well as learn the new alphabet locations. Any alternative is going to have benefits and costs. With learning alternative keyboard layout, "learn shortcut" mostly means you learn by the letter, not by the position on the keyboard. It's least awkward for programs which you can drive with two hands on the keyboard (like vim), and most awkward for programs which want keyboard+mouse and have a bias for left-hand side of the qwerty layout for shortcuts.