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What Do You Think of the COLEMAK Keyboard?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-are-my-parens? dept.

dafuchs asks: "Colemak, a new keyboard layout claims to be better then QWERTY and Dvorak. While i'm not certain if I should switch, it looks neat. It is better for hacking then Dvorak, and best of all, the 'l' is not in the right top corner. What do you think? Is it worth a try?"

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  1. Re:Not really multilingual by dtfinch · · Score: 4, Funny

    It might be a good way to discourage others from using your system if your keys were not only unlabeled, but they were not even QWERTY.

  2. Re:As with all layouts that aren't QWERTY. . . by Clover_Kicker · · Score: 2, Funny

    What could be more convenient then lugging a keyboard with you everywhere you go?

  3. Re:I have two questions by MuNansen · · Score: 2, Funny

    What a stupid reply. Thanks for taking the time to lower my IQ. Keyboard layout and programming languages. Yeah, totally the same thing. Oh wait, you must be one of the guys that's trying to sell one of these pieces of crap. My bad.

  4. Re:As with all layouts that aren't QWERTY. . . by Brento · · Score: 2, Funny

    These days you can just carry a USB DVORAK (or COLEMAK) keyboard around with you and plug it in wherever youre using it.

    Sounds great! So where do I order the ergonomic USB COLEMAK keyboard?

    Oh, wait, lemme guess - from the same store that carries the COLEMAK laptops, right? Got it. It's filed right here under my stack of pamphlets for functioning perpetual motion machines.

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  5. Re:Same Old Problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have the same problem with Spanish as I have with every other foreign language (including French): I want to be able to sit down next to someone and communicate. If I commit Spanish to memory, I'll have big problems the next time I go to a friend's house, an internet cafe, whatever.

    Not worth the trouble.

  6. Re:As with all layouts that aren't QWERTY. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Lugging a laptop.

  7. passwd by DavidLeeRoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think i will have to change all my passwords from qwerty to colmak.

  8. Re:I have enough trouble with keyboards already by blincoln · · Score: 3, Funny

    One of the great mysteries of the universe: who at Sun though it was a good idea to put the caps lock key below the caps lock key?

    So... Sun keyboards have dual caps lock keys? For twice the caps locking capability?

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  9. Re:I vote yes.. for me by unitron · · Score: 2, Funny
    " 'We've always done it this way' is a terrible excuse for anything. "

    Well, perhaps we could make an exception for sex. :-)

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