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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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Keep it ergo

Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)

i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²

¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

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Some useful links

EMK wiki
Split keyboard compare tool
Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/

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Learning a new layout (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Corr@lemm.ee to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world

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I've decided to jump back into learning a new layout, specifically semimak JQ, from Dvorak. I've heard that as long as I practice both I should be able to maintain Dvorak while I learn semimak.

I was wondering if people here had any experience learning new layouts could share some insight for that?

Any other tips would be very appreciated. I'm sitting at somewhere around 26wpm on semimak atm, and 130-140 on Dvorak

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[–] Corr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I learned from qwerty but I went cold turkey and didn't touch qwerty at all when learning Dvorak. Plus I've only done one switch, so I'm sure there are some things I hadn't thought to do.

Did you bother keeping up with qwerty or did you drop it after the month of using colemak?

Thanks for your response btw

[–] avyrla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve dropped qwerty from my regular use after learning colemak but I can still type just fine on qwerty.

After learning Dvorak, why are you switching to another? Just for fun?

[–] Corr@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Mostly just for fun. Dvorak also has some issues, as any layout will, but some of them are a little unfun to deal with. If I end up not liking semimak I'll probbaly just drop the whole idea. Just wanna see if something else is out there that works a bit better for me, and if not then I'll be happy to just stick with Dvorak