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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that a second upside down "F"?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I didn't have a second B from this set 🫠

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Well. Aspiring user, anyway.

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

We all have to start somewhere. My first attempt lasted four months, when I was at uni. My second attempt was after I obtained employment, and then dedicated Colemak to my home machines so as to retain my 120 WPM with QWERTY when at work. And I've been going since.

I did try to use Colemak on mobile, but with Swype-style input, the accuracy rate drops to almost nothing. Funny how Colemak being so efficient with the home row means that predictive text can't be as effective.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Which mobile keyboard do you use?

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Just the plain Google Keyboard on Android.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you accidentally remove the default upvote from your own comment?

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I intentionally remove it, as I prefer zero-based counters.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

If I had a nickel for every time I've had this same conversation on Lemmy, I'd have two nickels... which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Indeed. Q13 Pro

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

That layout looks comfy as hell

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What keycaps are the alphas? I see plenty of Keychron (KSA?) elsewhere.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

Signature Plastics UnAlice. I’m planning to get the rest of the set soon.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Why Colemak? What about it makes it learning a new layout worth it?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It puts the most used letters closer to where your fingers are more often. It already feels more intuitive, and I’ve barely begun. It’s still stupidly difficult retraining my brain, but I found some great courses online

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but supposedly easier to learn

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago

Cool, thanks!

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yo, I have the same wrist support and mousepad.

You have great taste! Unsurprisingly, I love your keyboard too.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago

I cannot find any faults with your argument here

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

long tidepod for a wrist rest, i like it

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

Don’t let its tasty appearance fool you; it’s crap. I’ll get around to replacing it at some point.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Kinda cool, gives me real IMSAI 8080 vibes with all the colours

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Out of curiosity, why did you go with Colemak over colemak-dh or other layouts?

I totally see people not choosing the lessor used layouts just for convenience sake, but DH is quite common, well supported, and fixes some fundamental issues.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

idk why I skipped colemak-dh long ago when I found out about it. and idk if I want to change now after more than a decade using colemak lol

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

It makes sense to stick with something that’s good. I think the small gain going from Colemak to Colemak-DH wouldn’t be worth the struggle.

I use Engram and don’t plan on changing even though I suspect better layouts do exist. The effort is too high for a 1% gain. Lol.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not familiar, please explain

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

The DH mod addresses the d and h issues that Colemak has. Long story short, if you type primarily in English the DH mod means you will need to stretch your fingers to hit those keys way less often. More information is here.

https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/#colemak-problems

As for other layouts, the advice that has treated me well is to focus on post covid layouts. Due to a sudden availability of free time a lot of research was done during COVID on keyboard layouts. Resultantly, post Covid layouts tend to be substantially better than pre COVID. I am a fan of Engram, Graphire, and The Hands Down Family personally.

This all being said these are harder to learn because they completely separate themselves from qwerty/qwertz.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Where does one acquire the computerized brain implants that are clearly neccssary for Engram, Graphire, and The Hands Down Family?

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

It’s slow to install but I strongly recommend the services of keybr.com They have modes that install those specific layouts.

[–] Gobbel2000@programming.dev 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

There are half a dozen of us!