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Re:Principles for Keyboard Layouts by lawn on Monday April 29, 2024 @10:13AM (#40198596)
> There are way too many disadvantages, not least of which is the fact that that only your computer has your weird keyboard.

Meh. I can type fine on both my weird layout and on a regular one (either Swedish or English layout).

Your point about speed I agree with, but I'll say that the point of an alternative layout shouldn't be speed, it's about comfort.

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Re:Principles for Keyboard Layouts by zZorgz on Monday April 29, 2024 @02:15PM (#40201937)
I've been typing in both qwerty and colemak around the same speed (>=100 WPM) for almost a decade. I ultimately ended up deciding to use qwerty at work and colemak at home. At least for me the comfort difference between layouts is marginal.
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