Macs have been using the option-accent system for as long as I've used them. Compared to the alt-keypad system I've used for Windows it always seemed easy and transparent. I guess no one thinks to mention this to Windows folks when they switch!
I basically use hunt-n-peck modified for speed, up to 50 wpm if I don't have to hit the backspace key every three strokes. I've written novels this way, and the speed problem was never an issue. Mostly you sit around thinking what to type rather than worrying about how fast to type. Maybe if I was taking dictation the Dvorak keyboard would make sense. As it is, Qwerty is fine for everyday use.
I haven't seen too many posts from people who actually have synaethesia, as opposed to those who cite recreational pharmeceutical use. Basically, synaesthesia always felt to me like sensory bleedover. As far back as I can remember, numbers and letters have always been colored. I remember phone numbers and times of day sometimes by their characteristic hues. It gets really weird with color names, because the word "yellow" suggests both yellow and the additional synaethesic hues of the individual letters--in this case, white, green, black, white and lavender.
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Macs have been using the option-accent system for as long as I've used them. Compared to the alt-keypad system I've used for Windows it always seemed easy and transparent. I guess no one thinks to mention this to Windows folks when they switch!
Don't forget Heinlein--he was disappointed he didn't find hordes of nubile women to "grok". (got the right post to reply to this time)
Whoops--replied to the wrong comment!
Don't forget Heinlein--he was disappointed he didn't find hordes of nubile women to "grok".
That's why they'd call it Massive Acute Respiratory Syndrome!
I basically use hunt-n-peck modified for speed, up to 50 wpm if I don't have to hit the backspace key every three strokes. I've written novels this way, and the speed problem was never an issue. Mostly you sit around thinking what to type rather than worrying about how fast to type. Maybe if I was taking dictation the Dvorak keyboard would make sense. As it is, Qwerty is fine for everyday use.
Basically, VHS vs. Beta, on keyboards.
Here come the Dvorak Hordes!
0 - white 1 - black 2 - yellow 3 - forest green 4 - blue 5 - red 6 - grass green 7 - black 8 - steel 9 - orange red Interesting overlap!
I haven't seen too many posts from people who actually have synaethesia, as opposed to those who cite recreational pharmeceutical use. Basically, synaesthesia always felt to me like sensory bleedover. As far back as I can remember, numbers and letters have always been colored. I remember phone numbers and times of day sometimes by their characteristic hues. It gets really weird with color names, because the word "yellow" suggests both yellow and the additional synaethesic hues of the individual letters--in this case, white, green, black, white and lavender.