Keyboard Layout Analyser - which layout is best for you?
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#2I'm sort of disappointed that on the personalized layout they didn't suggest doing something useful with the caplock key.
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#3The generated reports are kind of interesting - but they'll always be incomplete in some way for programmers, because many of the keys we press aren't captured in the outputted text. Keyboard shortcuts are my coding lifeblood.
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#4The generated reports are kind of interesting - but they'll always be incomplete in some way for programmers, because many of the keys we press aren't captured in the outputted text. Keyboard shortcuts are my coding lifeblood.
On the other hand, you can change your keyboard shortcuts. (Probably.)
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#5Great, my current keyboard layout (colemak) comes out on with most of the text sample I've tested.
For those hesitating about using a different keyboard layout, do it! your wrist will thank you for it... I used to have a lot of wrist problems and most have gone away since I've switched to Colemak
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#6Bépo keyboard layout is missing! Okay maybe it's because it's optimized for writing in French... But after a false start and a painful first month I'm really happy to have made the transition from the qwerty/azerty world.
The first month was really frustrating, especially at work or when using IM but I'm glad I kept using it because for now, a few months after, it's a pleasure to have every keys always right next to one of my finger and never having to move my hands anymore.
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#7Great, my current keyboard layout (colemak) comes out on with most of the text sample I've tested. For those hesitating about using a different keyboard layout, do it! your wrist will thank you for it... I used to have a lot of wrist problems and most have gone away since I've switched to Colemak
I pasted in a Perl module and my Dvorak actually managed to narrowly edge out Colemak in most ways. But I would consider that a fluke.
The heatmap of the buttons was particularly impressive. It's great to see what I already felt.
Oh, and ignore the personalized layout, though props to the site for saying what things they did not consider when making the layout. But those things they ignore matter a lot.
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#8What's the followup here? I'd like to give this a shot at some point, just for a few days to see how it goes. I have been typing long enough that I definitely don't need to look at a keyboard, so I'm guessing I'd need to pop off all the keys, reconfigure, then find some sort of software that remaps the keyboard? Or is something like this built into Windows and Mac?
Re: Keyboard Layout Analyser - which layout is best for you?
#9What's the followup here? I'd like to give this a shot at some point, just for a few days to see how it goes. I have been typing long enough that I definitely don't need to look at a keyboard, so I'm guessing I'd need to pop off all the keys, reconfigure, then find some sort of software that remaps the keyboard? Or is something like this built into Windows and Mac?
Colemak's instructions are here:
Some of them can be modified for other layouts; I haven't looked into it much.
Re: Keyboard Layout Analyser - which layout is best for you?
#10Great, my current keyboard layout (colemak) comes out on with most of the text sample I've tested. For those hesitating about using a different keyboard layout, do it! your wrist will thank you for it... I used to have a lot of wrist problems and most have gone away since I've switched to Colemak
I pasted in a Perl module and my Dvorak actually managed to narrowly edge out Colemak in most ways. But I would consider that a fluke. The heatmap of the buttons was particularly impressive. It's great to see what I already felt. Oh, and ignore the personalized layout, though props to the site for saying what things they did not consider when making the layout. But those things they ignore matter a lot.
I had the same results for perl as well as for CL. It surprised me, given that Colemak is promoted as the programmer's weapon of choice.