Or would anyone be interested in a layout only for hiragana/katakana?
]]>this is only possible when i have the japanese ime activated as my keyboard mapping
]]>i've been using colemak for about 4 years now. what i want to comment on is that my typing speed plateaued at about 80 wpm, which is interesting, because that's where my qwerty typing speed was. i don't actively practise. i'm sure it could get higher, but what's interesting is that it settled around 80 wpm regardless of the improved layout of colemak. seems my typing speed before wasn't limited by qwerty but is just about how fast i like to move my fingers. that being said, i wouldn't switch back to qwerty. the few times i've had to type in qwerty, it annoyed me how much my fingers bounce around.
i'm typing on a happy hacking keyboard these days. it's the best keyboard i've owned and i don't see any that are better. it's worth noting because the control key is in place of where colemak places the backspace, and in my experience, the control key is much better in the caps lock space because it allows me to use many commands with my left hand while keeping my right hand on my mouse. also, the backspace key is closer on the happy hacking (it's just above the enter key)
]]>tl;dr - Live with it :-)
]]>but it's only about 60 wpm on my Apple wireless keyboard, and this causes some trouble when i'm playing games (e.g., chatting while i'm trying to play in a group)
]]>I think that the typing "flow" we mentioned in another topic plays into this. If I can stay in the same flow the words just ... well, flow ... from my fingers at high speeds. When I start typing unevenly, errors happen more often and the overall speed suffers.
]]>Instant Deathmode has been paying off for me. As I said before, the score is skewed, because it doesn't show all my failures. But it paints a clearer picture. Imagine that you can see all my scores, with the ups and depressing downs. Sometimes, it even looks like I'm regressing. But in all the times I scored lower, I likely made a typo. So, if you view this same progress with only the 100% accuracy points, it looks like points with long stretches inbetween, but each point is a little higher than the previous. ^^
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