The keyboard layout project

Re:The keyboard layout project by Evbn on Sunday October 28, 2012 @04:00PM (#4709807)

I wonder what the ethics review board would think about training someone on a nonstandard keyboard layout, as that would introduce a handicap to their life outside the study.

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Re:The keyboard layout project by MTGandP on Sunday October 28, 2012 @04:02PM (#4709813)

You can use a new keyboard layout and still remember QWERTY. It's just like learning a second language (only it takes a lot less time).

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Re:The keyboard layout project by mistercow on Sunday October 28, 2012 @04:05PM (#4709828)

You can, but if you don't regularly practice, your QWERTY proficiency will deteriorate startlingly quickly. It's easier to pick back up than learning a whole new layout, but still.

It was really unsettling to watch, in only two weeks, my QWERTY proficiency drop from "90 WPM burst speed" to "stare at the keyboard while I type".

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Re:The keyboard layout project by MTGandP on Sunday October 28, 2012 @04:46PM (#4709927)

Then I'll make sure my test subjects continue to practice QWERTY.

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