Principles for Keyboard Layouts (2022)
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Principles for Keyboard Layouts (2022)
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Re: Principles for Keyboard Layouts (2022)
#2I made my own keyboard, and came to the same realization regarding special keys. Now the parentheses are on my shift keys (press the left shift for opening parenthesis, right shift for closing parenthesis), and the brackets (square and curly) are tab+hjkl. That's much more convenient than hunting around with my pinky, and I don't have to press a button multiple times to switch in and out of a layer.
Re: Principles for Keyboard Layouts (2022)
#3I made my own keyboard, and came to the same realization regarding special keys. Now the parentheses are on my shift keys (press the left shift for opening parenthesis, right shift for closing parenthesis), and the brackets (square and curly) are tab+hjkl. That's much more convenient than hunting around with my pinky, and I don't have to press a button multiple times to switch in and out of a layer.
Or you could use some right-thumb-hold (or no hold, but one-tap) button with the more rows and skip the pinkies, and even add closing brackets for the same combo to offset the modifier cost
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#4I believe that https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku should be mentioned here.
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#5Reminded me of an interesting way to optimise a layout[1] here. I feel like something similar expanded to also optimise balancing between hands etc could work well.
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#6Interesting, but I think if I were to re-learn touch typing I'd go all the way and move to a chording keyboard.
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#7I would like to see something that records your keystrokes and gives you stats on what you type the most. Then spits out a keyboard arrangement to start from.
Not sure how you'd get around it being a huge security risk? Maybe only write totals for keypresses every 30 minutes?
Edited to add: Does anyone daily-drive a Keyboardio Model 100? I really liked the concept and participated in the kickstarter, but unfortunately found I didn't enjoy using it that much.
I've settled on a Keychron Q10 with the Alice layout[1]. It's a nice compromise between the full on split and standard keyboards. It's nice and heavy, with QMK/VIA customization, and some useful macro keys I assign to some Emacs shortcuts like M-x and C-g. I do wish it had a thumb wheel and/or some Moonlander-style thumb keys below the space bars.
[1] https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-q10-alice-layout-...
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#8I spent a lot of time on this, back in my bored 20's. A super-optimized keyboard layout, which I used for a year. I measured my typing speed on qwerty before the change, and on the optimized keyboard after using it for a year.
Yep, you do type faster. In my case, it was 10%. Honestly, it wasn't worth it. There are way too many disadvantages, not least of which is the fact that that only your computer has your weird keyboard. Also, typing 10% faster is pretty irrelevant: how much of your time are you typing flat-out?
If you need an ergonomic keyboard, that's a different thing. There are lots of those. Get one that uses qwerty.
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#9I spent a lot of time on this, back in my bored 20's. A super-optimized keyboard layout, which I used for a year. I measured my typing speed on qwerty before the change, and on the optimized keyboard after using it for a year. Yep, you do type faster. In my case, it was 10%. Honestly, it wasn't worth it. There are way too many disadvantages, not least of which is the fact that that only your computer has your weird k…
> not least of which is the fact that that only your computer has your weird keyboard.
Fair, but how often are most people typing on someone else's computer? (Outside of developers who do pairing.)
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#10moonlander is best lander. if you type for a living, buy one and never look back.