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Re:The Workman Keyboard Layout Philosophy (2010) by scns on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @05:58AM (#17817562)
Can not recommend this layout highly enough. Every time i am forced to use qwertz shows me how bad a standard layout is. Qwerty was developed at the times of the first typewriters to prevent jamming by slowing typists down
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Re:The Workman Keyboard Layout Philosophy (2010) by jstanley on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @06:06AM (#17817592)
This is a common but enduring myth. It was designed to separate the levers for common digraphs, to prevent jams. It was not designed to slow the typist down, but to ensure typing at full speed did not cause jams.
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Re:The Workman Keyboard Layout Philosophy (2010) by scns on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:27AM (#17818517)
You are pedantically correct, the best kind of correct. Or just better at expressing what i meant.
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