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lorenschmidt
@lorenschmidt

i was looking at more ergonomic keyboard layouts and learned that there is a way to graph the differences which uses hands with variable finger length.


Turfster
@Turfster

It's interesting how people that learned to type what I guess is considered "the correct way" in a school-like situation(?) are using their fingers very differently from me, who basically taught myself at a very young age.

Or it could also be the difference between keyboard layouts i I guess?
Or left-handed vs right-handedness that might flip the "standard" look around?
Hm.
Questions, questions...


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in reply to @lorenschmidt's post:

If you're coding, your pinkies get a real workout holding all the modifiers down. So a coding-centric keyboard would have them more central, and/or more of them. Maybe for coders the space bar should be split into three - shift / space / ctrl - then you can use your thumbs to do modifiers as well.

i'm so interested in that topic right now! i have tried a couple of modifier options, none of which are great so far. i first tried a symmetrical layout with 1u space bars next to 1u modifiers. but i feel like 2u space bars help with angle flexibility and touch typing.

so currently i am doing two 2u space bars, and z and ? hold as modifiers. i am not in love with the pinky holds.