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Looking at things like this is like gazing into an alien world. I wonder if people who do this are able to use a regular keyboard layout, or if their muscle mem

Looking at things like this is like gazing into an alien world. I wonder if people who do this are able to use a regular keyboard layout, or if their muscle memory has been completely replaced with that of their custom input device. A standard full-size keyboard works best for me, having experienced the frustration that is modern laptops' castrated layouts.

magarnicle 1y ago
I'm most of the way to OP for my work keyboard, but at home I just use a regular keyboard as it's shared with family members. I have no problem switching, apart from very occasionally holding down f and expecting that to be shift.
dylan604 1y ago
I met someone that could switch between QWERTY and DVORAK without issue. I'm pretty sure they were not from this planet
tom_ 1y ago
I switched to dvorak about the same time I switched to using a split keyboard, and it feels like I've ended up with separate muscle memory for these two different arrangements. I imagine something similar could apply for this sort of thing too. (I don't get all that much practice with QWERTY, but sometimes I use my laptop without an external keyboard, and I've got a couple of retro computers with inbuilt QWERTY keyboards, and it never takes long before my fingers get back into it. It's not very comfortable, and I don't like to do a lot of typing this way, but I'm not hunting for every keypress.)
toomanyreps 1y ago
Its not as crazy as it looks in my opinion. This is about as far as it goes in terms of customization, maybe a few more layers if you have a specialized workload. Once you are used to changing part of a layout once or twice, you pick up new changes much faster. Every layout feels different to me mentally, its harder to confuse them than one might think.
wishinghand 1y ago
I can easily switch back and forth. I have more than 34 keys, but I don't use the number row or modifier keys. My layout is also columnar, similar to the OP's.

magarnicle 1y ago

I'm most of the way to OP for my work keyboard, but at home I just use a regular keyboard as it's shared with family members. I have no problem switching, apart from very occasionally holding down f and expecting that to be shift.

dylan604 1y ago

I met someone that could switch between QWERTY and DVORAK without issue. I'm pretty sure they were not from this planet

tom_ 1y ago

I switched to dvorak about the same time I switched to using a split keyboard, and it feels like I've ended up with separate muscle memory for these two different arrangements. I imagine something similar could apply for this sort of thing too. (I don't get all that much practice with QWERTY, but sometimes I use my laptop without an external keyboard, and I've got a couple of retro computers with inbuilt QWERTY keyboards, and it never takes long before my fingers get back into it. It's not very comfortable, and I don't like to do a lot of typing this way, but I'm not hunting for every keypress.)

toomanyreps 1y ago

Its not as crazy as it looks in my opinion. This is about as far as it goes in terms of customization, maybe a few more layers if you have a specialized workload. Once you are used to changing part of a layout once or twice, you pick up new changes much faster. Every layout feels different to me mentally, its harder to confuse them than one might think.

wishinghand 1y ago

I can easily switch back and forth. I have more than 34 keys, but I don't use the number row or modifier keys. My layout is also columnar, similar to the OP's.