Hi all,
For the last year or so, I have used mostly two layouts: an ergodox and ANSI layout 60% (have 2 of each, one for home and one for work). This has caused me no problems. I got a couple plancks to add to the rotation about a month ago (and love them).
I was switching between the ergodox and ANSI layouts all the time just fine, with almost no adjustment period when going from ortho to staggered or vice versa. However, once I got used to the planck, I became almost useless on the ANSI board, missing a ton of keys while typing, requiring quite a long adjustment period (10-15 minutes) before I have reasonable accuracy again.
So, here is what confuses me: why did switching between an ergodox and an ANSI board cause me no accuracy problems, but switching between a planck and an ANSI board did? In both cases, I am making a similar switch in terms of layout (ortho to staggered), so I find it bizarre that one transition seems so much harder than the other. Has anyone experienced something similar?