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Aral Balkan

Blown away reading about the philosophy, research, and process behind the Workman Keyboard Layout (workmanlayout.org/)

PS. This is design.

Via @hntooter

Average key usage of different layouts, comparing QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak, Workman & Workman (ortho-linear). Blue shaded heat maps show that the alternative layouts have less travel for commonly used keys.
QWERTY, Colemak, Dvorak, and Workman keyboards compared when writing the text to Don Quixote. Distance traveled by your fingers is 29656 metres for Workman compared to 57052 metres for QWERTY. For Colemak it’s 30352 metres, for Dvorak 32180 metres. Other statitics listed include number row, same hand, top row, same finger, home row, total keys, bottom row, and finger.
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konakonakonakona 🌱🏴🏴‍☠️

@aral @hntooter nice! I'm a dvorak freak so it's always cool to see the other kb layouts that ppl use

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James Smith 💾

@aral @hntooter I wish I could switch, but I have enough trouble getting a decent keyboard as it is. :)

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James Smith 💾

@aral @hntooter the simple idea of changing the number row defaults from numbers to symbols... my god.

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Nils 🦀

@aral @hntooter I'm using KOY, a variant optimised for german and english texts. It features additional and very useful layers for special characters, which is helpful for programming (inherited from NEO2). Still have to use QWERTY from time to time. adnw.de/index.php?n=Main.Seitl neo-layout.org/

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Patrick Andersen

@aral @hntooter
I've been using Workman for almost a year now on an ErgoDox Infinity.
I made the switch simultaneously, which I think was a good call, to make the transition easier for my brain due to the radically different muscle memory in use.

It has been a very pleasant experience for my hands, which are much more relaxed, and there's no more need for fingers gymnastics.

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Patrick Andersen

@aral @hntooter
In particular I'm very fond of the thumb keys on the ErgoDox, which really are a saviour for your poor pinkies reaching Return, Ctrl, Shift, Tab, Backspace and Delete.

I'm still fluent in QWERTY, as I'm using that on the laptop.
But since I'm using two layouts on two different keyboards, I'm still struggling getting the speed I used to have with QWERTY.
Albeit my QWERTY speed is somewhat slower now.

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