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Re:My Keyboard by tempestn on Sunday September 06, 2015 @06:42AM (#10177302)
Seems like the main problem with that setup would be, if you turn your wrists outward to hit the 6TFC layout (and mirror with your right hand), you'll have quite a stretch to reach 'B' with either side. (Otherwise it would be great, as your wrists would be in a more natural position, without the need for a split keyboard.)
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Re:My Keyboard by gadrfgaesgysd on Sunday September 06, 2015 @06:46AM (#10177308)
Exactly. Perhaps 'B' is the reason touch typing uses that strange rule. I'm using it, but the 'B' key was still hard to reach and was causing strain. So I remapped it to the right of 'L', where there is basically an unused key( I use 'shift + ,' to get ';' ).

I want to try the layout from that keyboard[0], but I wonder if it would be a waste of time, since it would take at least a month to obtain a normal typing speed.

[0]:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71oyo6vGNoL._SL1500_.j...

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