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Interesting, but I think if I were to re-learn touch typing I'd go all the way and move to a chording keyboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard
by Symmetry 2y ago
Interesting, but I think if I were to re-learn touch typing I'd go all the way and move to a chording keyboard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard
- ivanjermakov 2y agoChording is efficient if you soley write text. It doesn't fit for text editing and writing text with lots of punctuation (code).
- Symmetry 2y agoI dunno, not having to move your fingers from their positions seems like a big advantage even if you can't get the full X00 wpm an expert can get in regular text.
- ivanjermakov 2y agoI agree that reduced finger movement is a crucial step in achieving typing efficiency. This is nicely solved by mod tap modifiers in QMK/ZMK[1] where key acts as a char when tapped and as a layer while pressed. [1]: https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/mod_tap.md https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/mod_tap...
- thetacitman 2y agoIts not bad, and I would recommend it once someone starts going crazy with the layers. Instead of having layers, you have dictionaries that have sets of chords that all follow a similar pattern. For example, this is my symbol "layer": https://steno.sammdot.ca/emily-symbols.png https://steno.sammdot.ca/emily-symbols.png Typing on a real keyboard is too much work, and I try to avoid it if at all possible. Few people seem to know this, but you can also chord single letters, it is just slower than chording a full word or phrase. I have dictionaries for cursor movement, almost any shortcut combination, html tags, cli programs, diacritics, etc. I don't know why it is not more popular.