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I did a lot of work once to learn Colemak and I got pretty good. It is not a bad way to type at all, but it fails pretty hard once you switch betweeen machines.
by programminggeek 12y ago
I did a lot of work once to learn Colemak and I got pretty good. It is not a bad way to type at all, but it fails pretty hard once you switch betweeen machines.
A better optimization is getting a great ergonomic keyboard, like the the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop keyboard. It's really fantastic and can be had for like $70 if you shop around.
- to3m 12y agoI bought one of those. I quite like the feel (except for the F keys, and Esc, which are a bit nasty - still, unlike some keyboards, at least it has them) but for my money the layout wasn't quite right. As always with chiclet keyboards, there's a gap between keys. But the keys are about the same size as an ordinary keyboard - e.g., my MS Natural 4000 - and so the distance to the Return key is much greater than normal. For US users, with the fat 1-row Return key, this probably isn't too much of a bother, but I found it rather uncomfortable with the European-style inverted-L Return key. The Left Shift key is also a bit on the small side. I'd definitely advise a test drive before purchase. (Shame, because the chiclet keys are pretty nice, it feels nice and solid, and it's nice to have a removable number pad.)