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geekhack Community => Ergonomics => Topic started by: naveed on Wed, 21 February 2018, 14:58:00
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I've been using this for about 13 years now, though I only put up the site not too long ago. I was suffering from RSI and I wanted something more efficient than QWERTY and didn't want to spend too much time relearning the layout.
www.arsonite.com (http://www.arsonite.com)
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I was with you until I saw the semicolon - taking out the left index finger to bring the right pinky into play doesn't sound right to me. How does it feel in practice?
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So, it uses the home row more than QWERTY, alright? Other than that, same-finger ratio is still terrible and that script doesn't measure row jumps, non-trivial hand alternation or roll direction.
If it's comparable to anything, that's Minimak (http://www.minimak.org/).
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Looks very similar to Norman (https://normanlayout.info/).
Good for people who prioritize speed of relearning.
But doesn't fix Qwerty's annoying same-finger issues, e.g. DE, LO, etc.
I'd also swap P with semicolon.
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Use foot pedals for the modifiers. Thank me later
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I was with you until I saw the semicolon - taking out the left index finger to bring the right pinky into play doesn't sound right to me. How does it feel in practice?
I used to code in C# at the time, and wanted to easily access semi-colon. Worked out fine for that. I don't code in C# as much any more, but the location of the semi-colon has not been a problem.