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I also move most of the symbols off the number keys / pinky fingers and on to home row. With a momentary layer toggle on the opposite thumb, jkl; becomes ({}) and uiop becomes &*`~.
That's one of the best layout changes you can make, and it's also nice to move backspace somewhere where you don't have to reach. (I have it on my left thumb, but also had it on my right pointer finger, next to h, which I think I liked more.)
Similar to splitting the screen into decks of cards that you can flip through or move from one to the other. I like it.
The main reason people don't do this is that your fingers are on the keyboard most of the time, and there are already plenty of buttons if you learn how to hit Ctrl or Alt smoothly (e.g. remap Caps Lock to Ctrl) and how to create new shortcuts.
On the other hand I find that raw typing speed has barely anything to do with development speed.
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That being said I've used programmable keyboards extensively for macros when in sysadmin / ops roles in the past though, from simple one line commands and shortcuts, to "do 80% of work for me". Never used programmable mice though as the buttons seemed too fiddly / inconsistent for me to be 101% which one I'm hitting.
Given the number of buttons afforded some mice, you could technically implement a microwiter keyboard in full upon just the mouse. I say technically possible, I personaly never played with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter in it's day or since, though read reports of good typing speeds. But then, why stop there, just use two mice as such per hand and have the craziest developer desktop going. Another arti…
Blast from the past! My parents had an AgendA around 1995. I remember making a "Choose Your Own Adventure" game for the organizer part and learning the chords.
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I thought everyone remaps CAPS LOCK to ESCAPE?
Mapping CAPS LOCK to CONTROL is another popular option. But I suspect when one takes into account the entire population of computer users, CAPS LOCK remains CAPS LOCK and likely largely unused.
Along the same lines: 1. How often do people use 'home' and 'end' keys ? I don't, but I know quite a lot who swear by them. Do they actually increase productivity ? 2. Should caps lock be removed as a large button in the most valuable real-estate-area on the keyboard ? I literally never use it. Even when typing long ALL-CAPS sequences. I just use 'shift' instead. 3. Do you use space bars with both hands ? I only use…