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Weird Keyboard Layouts: A Showcase (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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An old article but still atleast introduced me to one really weird Keyboard layout

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I've wanted to learn Colemak, but I would also need a swipe keyboard with predictions for Android.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I type on Colemak on my PC and Qwerty on mobile

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Same, it's really easy to keep them separate mentally.

I think QWERTY may even be better for typing on a phone, because common letters are more spread out, leading to fewer errors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

FUTO also has this feature thankfully cuz I guess switched to Colemak two weeks ago myself

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Heliboard offers the option. The ideal layout for a small onscreen keyboard may be rather different from one for typing with all your fingers though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True, but I think it would help to have both in the same layout.

Thanks for the recommendation!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe. I use Dvorak for real keyboards and QWERTY on my phone. I tried Dvorak on my phone and didn't see any benefit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm, maybe it doesn't matter and is more like speaking different languages. Ten finger typing and swiping are different skills anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

With ten finger typing, having the most-used keys on the home row is a significant advantage for speed and ergonomics. With swiping, having a sequence of characters close to each other makes it hard for the algorithm to predict the intended word. With tapping, it's a disadvantage to have adjacent characters in a sequence on a small touchscreen because it increases the chance of fat-fingering them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, that makes sense.