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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. What's the point? by Threni · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Are we still looking for a keyboard which is somehow quicker to type on than Qwerty? Why? What characteristics are we after, exactly? How would you measure how much better it is? Keep finding 1000 people to start from scratch with it, time them learning it, then time them using it at a reasonable level of competence? Where are you going to find people who haven't been "tainted" with Qwerty?

    Give up, or at least, stop posting about it to Slashdot. Please.