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Or Thumb-key, an open-source take on that.

by CarVac 2y ago

rahimnathwani 2y ago
How long does it take to learn https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key ? Is it like retraining yourself to use Dvorak? Or more like learning the Palm strokes?
- bean-weevil 2y ago
  I switched to dvorak a few years ago and to thumb-key this year. I would say that thumb-key is much easier to learn than dvorak. I simply switched to it and about three months later, I realized I had gotten up to almost my original typing speed without any directed effort. I originally typed at 45 wpm on AnySoftKeyboard, and now I type at 40 wpm on thumb-key. This is in contrast to dvorak, which took six months of at least 15mins a day of dedicated practice time to surpass my original speed.
  - kqr 2y ago
    Did you continue to use Qwerty for work? I was in the fortunate position of switching to Colemak at a fairly non-critical time of life, so I cold turkeyed it. Took about two weeks of daily driving until it was no longer painful, then three months until I had matched Qwerty speed. So probably similar to your thumb-key experience.
- CarVac 2y ago
  Faster than Dvorak. Unlike switching from fluent QWERTY to an initially slow other-layout, you're switching from the frustrating autocorrupt to something deterministic and predictable. I picked it up to a usable speed within two days, helped by the fact that I use a lot of technical terms that autocorrect used to dismantle, so the baseline was much worse.
  - fredoliveira 2y ago
    > frustrating autocorrupt Look — I don't know if it was on purpose, but I chuckled.
Nullabillity 2y ago
I'd argue FlickBoard is closer, but I'm probably very biased!
- CarVac 2y ago
  I'll try it. edit: I tried it and I already like it better.
IIsi50MHz 2y ago
Thumb-key also has many alternate layouts, including clones of MessageEase layouts. However, MessageEase layouts are easier to edit: directly on device, instead of via pull-request.
norswap 2y ago
Oh that looks cool! I was really hoping it would have better emoji support than MessagEase as that is the one think I miss (the ability to search for emoji by name) but alas no.

Or Thumb-key, an open-source take on that.

by CarVac 2y ago

Or Thumb-key, an open-source take on that.

How long does it take to learn https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key ? Is it like retraining yourself to use Dvorak? Or more like learning the Palm strokes?

bean-weevil 2y ago
I switched to dvorak a few years ago and to thumb-key this year. I would say that thumb-key is much easier to learn than dvorak. I simply switched to it and about three months later, I realized I had gotten up to almost my original typing speed without any directed effort. I originally typed at 45 wpm on AnySoftKeyboard, and now I type at 40 wpm on thumb-key. This is in contrast to dvorak, which took six months of at least 15mins a day of dedicated practice time to surpass my original speed.
- kqr 2y ago
  Did you continue to use Qwerty for work? I was in the fortunate position of switching to Colemak at a fairly non-critical time of life, so I cold turkeyed it. Took about two weeks of daily driving until it was no longer painful, then three months until I had matched Qwerty speed. So probably similar to your thumb-key experience.
CarVac 2y ago
Faster than Dvorak. Unlike switching from fluent QWERTY to an initially slow other-layout, you're switching from the frustrating autocorrupt to something deterministic and predictable. I picked it up to a usable speed within two days, helped by the fact that I use a lot of technical terms that autocorrect used to dismantle, so the baseline was much worse.
- fredoliveira 2y ago
  > frustrating autocorrupt Look — I don't know if it was on purpose, but I chuckled.

Nullabillity 2y ago

I'd argue FlickBoard is closer, but I'm probably very biased!

CarVac 2y ago
I'll try it. edit: I tried it and I already like it better.

IIsi50MHz 2y ago

Thumb-key also has many alternate layouts, including clones of MessageEase layouts. However, MessageEase layouts are easier to edit: directly on device, instead of via pull-request.

norswap 2y ago

Oh that looks cool! I was really hoping it would have better emoji support than MessagEase as that is the one think I miss (the ability to search for emoji by name) but alas no.