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beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I also switched to colemakdh with a series of layers and qmk tricks. My typing is quite slow so far, around 30 wpm, I was never an amazing typist but I haven’t noticed difficulty with standard qwerty layouts.

  It’s not like you get confused between a harp and a guitar, or a spoon and a knife.

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  • lando55@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I see you’ve played knifey spoony before

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  • pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    for me, switching to dvorak about 10 years ago has made me absolutely useless at typing qwerty… i get used to it after 5min, but much slower than i used to be and wow is it paiiiiiin (both literally in my wrists, and figuratively in that i feel like im fighting the keyboard for every word)

    … or perhaps you mean the differences in physical layout

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    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I haven’t noticed difficulty. Maybe because the layout is so different, maybe I will with time, or maybe I’m just better than you lucky :p

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• voracitude@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I normally use a Kinesis Advantage 2 (but in qwerty, unlike OP), and I can go back to a standard layout qwerty board with just a small adjustment period - I keep hitting “x” when I mean to hit “c”, sort of thing. But it’s an adjustment I can make “mid-stream” so to speak; I just use the board and get used to it again as I go.

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• gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As someone who runs an ergodox ez with a custom key layout and who goes in to work from time to time using normal QWERTY keyboards (both English and German configuration), you do not lose anything. It’s incredibly easy to switch between every config you have.

  I also think most people would appreciate a split keyboard setup because it’s so much better for posture and health and comfortability. Would highly recommend.

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  • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh now this is different than I’ve heard, some others have had issues switching back and forth. So maybe I will give it a try, once I’ve got qwerty up to a decent speed and I feel comfortable with it.

    Right now it’s a problem because if I’m in a hurry, I’m tempted to type the old way, or a broken mixture of the two that messes with what I’ve learned. Not good. Gotta slow down and do it right, bah…

    Thanks for the recommendations, I’m gonna put a 3d printed split board on my list of things I’ll definitely get to some day and totally won’t get pushed off the back of the furthest back burner lol

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    • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lol. For context, it took me maybe two weeks to get back up to full speed on a new typing layout. When I moved to Germany they moved some keys around on standard qwerty and it took me a couple of days.

      If you’re already touch typing I think most changes are easy to adapt to and don’t overwrite previous muscle memory. Your brain is powerful, believe it is and it will work.

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      • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s good to know, thanks! I’m still just learning to touch type. I spent a few decades typing fast enough but always looking at the keys. This year I’ve started learning touch typing, I’m only a half dozen hours in, so still pretty new.

        But when I get good I’ll take this into consideration! Thanks!

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• swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use Colmak on phone and Qwerty on desktop, and never think about it.

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  • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Interesting 🤔 why? Just curious

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    • swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I tried other layouts because it’s easy with an on-screen phone keyboard, just an oftion in the app menu, and Colemak felt the most intuitive to use. I didn’t have to get used to it, it felt natural from the start.

      It’s not as easy to switch with a physical keyboard, with so many games having movement and other functions tied to specific keys that assume a qwerty layout, so I kept using what I was used to in that circumstance. I don’t even think about it.

      One of these days, I’ll probably buy/set up a physical Colemak keyboard, and see how that is with games.

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      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I know I’m late but my keyboard has a physical switch I can use to change layouts.

        I really can’t type on QWERTY anymore but if I’m too lazy to change/remap the game to work with Colemak I’ll just flip it to QWERTY to play.

        Though if the game has chat you want to use you don’t have much choice but to remap the controls.

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      • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Neat!

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