I've got a colemak cooler that I fill with beer from time to time. It works pretty well, but sometimes it seems like the ice melts a little faster than it should. I don't know if the insulation inside the plastic degrades with age or what...
My dad has a similar cooler, he likes to fill it with Yuengling and bring it camping in the rain once a year.
No he would open it up and find that I had stolen all his beer.
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Love Colemak. I wrote a review (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:10018) about QWERTY, Dvorak, and Colemak a while ago. Stick with it. It'll pay off.
How long you type already with Colemak, and you never repented this decision?
Anyone else experience this?
Does anybody use the left thumb for the spacebar?
Huh, I'm stuck resp. i am confused. I have so much practiced Colemak that i can't type some lines with Qwerty at the moment, no chance..
It is curious, when i type english on Colemak layout it feels at the moment more conclusively
resp. logical, contrary to Qwertz that feels now so uncoordinated and scattered..
effnish: Do you type during the first 5-10 minutes of every day in QWERTY? (to maintain your QWERTY skills)
lol, due to my copious amounts of FPS playing before learning to touch type, I only use the my left thumb for the space bar.
I have seen here (http://geekhack.org/group.php?groupid=11) a small minority of "typists" that use a non-standard layout,
i'm sure we have also Dvorak "typists" here..
You become incompatible. Incompatible with software, hardware, other people.
For people unsure about whether to switch for ergonomic purposes, I suggest the alternative h omerow position. Instead of ASDF JKL; use SDFV NJKLShow Image(http://typingsoft.com/img/sdfv.gif)
This achieves instant ergo-keyboard feel on any regular keyboard. My hands are relaxed and typing is very pleasant.
And lastly for those that know qwerty at 80 wpm level and want to switch to achieve better average speed - forget it. You get much better results putting those practice hours into qwerty. Instead you'll be making more errors and less speed in both layouts.
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Well I don't know about other layouts but with Colemak all you need is a thumbdrive and the pkl program.
Menu, Tray, Icon, main.cpl, 8
; Use Scroll Lock to control keyboard ("on" is Colemak)
; and do not let Control, Alt, or Win modifiers act on Colemak
Loop {
If GetKeyState("ScrollLock", "T")
and !GetKeyState("Control")
and !GetKeyState("Alt")
and !GetKeyState("LWin")
and !GetKeyState("RWin") {
Suspend, Off
} else {
Suspend, On
}
Sleep, 50
}
; QWERTY to Colemak mapping
;q::q
;w::w
e::f
r::p
t::g
y::j
u::l
i::u
o::y
p::;
;[::[
;]::]
;a::a
s::r
d::s
f::t
g::d
;h::h
j::n
k::e
l::i
`;::o
;'::'
;z::z
;x::x
;c::c
;v::v
;b::b
n::k
;m::m
;,::,
;.::.
;/::/
;Backspace and Caps lock swap
;backspace::Capslock
;Capslock::backspaceMenu, Tray, Icon, main.cpl, 8
; Use Scroll Lock to control keyboard ("on" is Dvorak)
; and do not let Control, Alt, or Win modifiers act on Dvorak
Loop {
If GetKeyState("ScrollLock", "T")
and !GetKeyState("Control")
and !GetKeyState("Alt")
and !GetKeyState("LWin")
and !GetKeyState("RWin") {
Suspend, Off
} else {
Suspend, On
}
Sleep, 50
}
; QWERTY to Dvorak mapping
-::[
=::]
q::'
w::,
e::.
r::p
t::y
y::f
u::g
i::c
o::r
p::l
[::/
]::=
;a::a
s::o
d::e
f::u
g::i
h::d
j::h
k::t
l::n
`;::s
'::-
z::`;
x::q
c::j
v::k
b::x
n::b
;m::m
,::w
.::v
/::z
I disagree. I used to be lightning fast at times, but now I'm slower with Dvorak, and more content.Hmm, but that sort of proves my point. Main selling argument for Colemak is that you will be typing faster because your fingers have to move less. But mostly it is not the case.
Hmm, but that sort of proves my point. Main selling argument for Colemak is that you will be typing faster because your fingers have to move less. But mostly it is not the case.
With alternative quwerty homerow you do have to move hand off it to hit Backspace.. But then it is additional incentive to be making less mistakes
Advantages
Ergonomic and comfortable – Your fingers on QWERTY move 2.2x more than on Colemak. QWERTY has 16x more same hand row jumping than Colemak. There are 35x more words you can type using only the home row on Colemak.
Easy to learn – Allows easy transition from QWERTY. Only 2 keys move between hands. Many common shortcuts (including Ctrl+Z/X/C/V) remain the same. Typing lessons available.
Fast – Most of the typing is done on the strongest and fastest fingers. Low same-finger ratio.
Multilingual – Allows to type in over 40 languages and to type various symbols, e.g. "pâté", "mañana", €, em-dash, non-breaking space.
Free – Free software released under the public domain. You don't have to buy a new keyboard, just install a program.
I disagree. I used to be lightning fast at times, but now I'm slower with Dvorak, and more content.Hmm, but that sort of proves my point. Main selling argument for Dvorak/Colemak is that you will be typing faster because your fingers have to move less. But mostly it is not the case.
Hmm, but that sort of proves my point. Main selling argument for Dvorak/Colemak is that you will be typing faster because your fingers have to move less. But mostly it is not the case.
About alternative qwerty homerow: you do have to move hand off it to hit Backspace.. But then it is additional incentive to be making less mistakes :)
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I have built my own keyboard from scratch, also i have implemented an 3-layer layout,
especially for gaming i use my 3rd layer ;-)
Alternatively you use an second qwerty-keyboard, for gaming only..
...For natural typing experience I suppose a year's time before you can type fluently without any thinking or full concentration...
I can't do that. I only have money for 1 decent keyboard. If colemak is as good for typing as they say i would try it, but i wouldn't do it if its gonna affect my gaming.
I really like Colemak so far. I tried Dvorak and C-Dvorak before Colemak, but I didn't really like them. I started this Monday, and I'm already typing 50-55 wpm consistently. The only somewhat common letter combination I've noticed that's properly annoying to type is "you" so far. Hopefully it'll get easier over time. I'm having so much fun learning Colemak! :)
in english, it looks like vowels and consonants alternate a lot.
that means typing with colemak alternates hands a lot, right? :)
...being comfortable unless the key heights were different...
Here is my graph of typing speed after 40 days in Colemak (http://Colemak.com):Show Image(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4489/speedxi.png)
For someone who don't know about the Colemak layout, here is a pictureShow Image(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9264/colemak2.jpg)
If ZXCVQWA keys is not locked, or balanced workload is not considered, there are a lot of more optimal layout than Colemak, but with less than 1% difference.
Try this:
qwulpkmyf;[]\
riaohdtens’
zxcvjgb,./
This layout has shorter key travel, but put most used E and T to the right hand, which is imbalanced.
I think that Qwerty typists are most likely to be impressed and motivated to switch to Colemak, since you can only see the inefficiency of Qwerty when touch typing for a long time.
I really want to switch to Colemak, but I'm at ~110 on rubber domes and, based on testing of other mechanical keyboards, I'm confident I could transcribe at ~115-120 on the right switches. Colemak would improve my efficiency a great deal, as I'm a pianist so rolls and alternating digraphs are first nature to me. However, I'm not sure I can stand typing at 40 WPM or less for a few months until I regain reasonable speed!
Help! I'm trapped in a dilemma!
Colemak is not for everyone, so if you are too afraid, don't switch. But if you are excited and afraid at the same time, then go for it.
The typing speed is a log curve, so in a month you can get half your Qwerty speed (50wpm). I suppose that is fast enough to do typing work.
The first three weeks will be like hell, but from then on it will be better as you get used to Colemak.
In three to 6 months you can regain your Qwerty speed, and can go past that (My Colemak speed is 4wpm faster).
Funny you say that because it took me exactly three weeks until I learned to type Colemak quickly. In those three weeks, I could actually feel my brain hurting from the confusion of what keys to press. It sucked...I thought I was gonna cry! I felt like quitting. But I am glad I stuck with it. I highly recommend switching to everyone.
I plan to learn Colemak right after I finish school (this is my final year). I plan to dedicate some time to independent projects anyway, so that should guarantee I have the free time to actually do it. I figure, it's something that I won't see much benefit for right away, but it will add up. Will be a bit sad to go from my current 90 to slow, but I'll get over it and get it back anyway. I once tried learning Dvorak, but it annoyed me when I was trying to code having the symbols thrown all over the keyboard when I was trying to code... and I had to write a few papers.
I'm used to a dutch azerty (probably one of the most retarded layouts ever made) and just purchased a blank (otaku?) keyboard with standard us layout.
qwerty was going to be new for me but this seems better, seems like I'm going to get this instead :)
My only real complaint is that these autoscript programs do not work on windows login screens (I don't know if the situation is different on other operating systems.)
Very nice to hear another success story from a Colemak user. Hopefully one day Microsoft will include several popular layouts into Windows OS.Wanna switch? OS X includes Colemak and Dvorak out of the box :D
Why doesn't this page (http://colemak.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mac) mention that OS X has Colemak built-in as of 10.7 (Lion) ? Whoever is involved with colemak.com please update that page :-)
Seems like most of you are already good typists and are just trying to reach your normal speeds with colemak, I on the other hand never took a typing course and have for years just used 4 fingers at the most. So if I wanted to get serious about typing ( having just gotten a mech. keyboard ) would it be worth switching the keys around to match Colemak and starting to learn to type from almost scratch with it? I'm the only one who uses the keyboard so it won't disturb anyone else. I guess what I'm asking is if you woke up one day and had forgotten how to type what system would you use.
I also only use Linux if that would make any difference.
I've got a colemak cooler that I fill with beer from time to time. It works pretty well, but sometimes it seems like the ice melts a little faster than it should. I don't know if the insulation inside the plastic degrades with age or what...
Also my left little finger has no feeling in it and only some in my left ring finger. Still Colemak?Sure... Only one thing changes for the two leftmost fingers: S to R. Colemak will not make a difference for those two, but switching to touch typing will.
tony,when you switch to colemak you change the layout with changing keycap or with sticker or blank keycaps?