I used QWERTY, and could type at ~ 60 wpm
I've been using Colemak for one week. I switched entirely using it on Windows XP
and Linux at home, work, and school. After one week I can type at ~ 25-35 wpm speed,
gaining about 5 wpm every day.
Colemak works for me in all programs which I use daily: vim, zsh, mutt, MS Word.
The switch was *much* less painful than I expected.
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