Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing competitions

Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by fossuser on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:16PM (#29828447)

I'd argue it's a different kind of learning though.

QWERTY is more 'what you see is what you get' - you push a key and you get that letter. Sure the layout is weird and learning to type takes some effort, but there's very little additional cognitive load. It's like a WYSIWYG editor.

Steno is like Vim, you have to have all of the phrases in your head tracking a lookup table cognitively. Over time sure that becomes muscle memory and lowers the load but I think it's less gradual. You have to frontload a lot of the commands first. IME most people will never do that so it'll always remain niche.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by aksss on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:27PM (#29828623)

> IME most people will never do that so it'll always remain niche.

like vim.. winces in anticipation of things thrown at him

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by aidos on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:34PM (#29828722)

We’re niche, but happy

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by Jorengarenar on Thursday January 06, 2022 @03:21PM (#29829470)

Well said. We're niche, but big enough to be self sustainable. The best kind of niche

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by paledot on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:56AM (#29840591)

"We may not be big, but we're small." -The Vinyl Cafe

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