Yes, I am. I suppose I should be thanking you as well for that? :)

It actually messed me up a little because I had started with stevep99's original version for a week or two then noticed that the layout had switched on his website when I was showing it to a friend... ended up downloading the merged layout that night and working incessantly to relearn M and K! I figured I should since I was still in the learning stage at that point.

Yeah, great tip, that's what I try to do. There's just something awkward about the way my fingers have to roll that they just don't like it. Feels like something to do with the joint between my middle and ring finger perhaps.

Thanks Steve, no worries about the M-K switch, took a day or two to get used to, messed up a couple of common words I had gotten used to, but that's it. I have to be honest though I didn't really feel many benefits except the somewhat rare -LK words like talk, walk, etc were a tad easier. The more common ME bigram I guess I didn't notice as much, but it really pales in comparison to TH or HE, where it's nearly immediately noticeable.

I also noticed my right index was 'curling' a bit more - wanting to hover more above H, M and N, rather than just sitting on N. I don't really feel this on my left hand which lead to a slight feeling of imbalance, but I got used to it very quickly and don't notice anymore. I don't regret changing to the 'agreed upon' version, so no worries.

Recommending the layout to friends and family has led me to wonder about some things too, primarily a rough estimate of how many people are actively using Colemak or even Mod DH. Would be some interesting stats... I suppose the number of downloads you have on your github could give an extremely rough estimate if you assume 5-10% of people follow through with the switch.

Interesting observation! My hovering seems balanced. I keep my index finger tips over the homing nubs, which are the usual type at the lower edge of the keys. This leads to a slight curl, as my middle and ring fingers naturally hover at the upper edge of their keys and the pinkies at the middle. Keeping my wrists straight, this feels natural and relaxing. Both hands feel the same, pretty much.

I thought about hovering the inder fingers over the "triple point" between the TVD and NMH keys (in the Curl mod), but that felt a little too far. One side effect of the Angle/Curl mods is that the upper-row index finger keys (PB and JL) become just a little harder to reach. I don't want to exaggerate that effect.

One nice thing about triple point hovering would've been the reduced need for homing nubs. On the right hand, I'm missing the nub because I have an unmodded laptop physical board and use the Wide ergo mod which leaves the nubbed key at K (Colemak-vanilla H). I've scratched the home key a little to make it more tactile, but it's not quite enough. But ah well, I'm fine with this.

Yes, that'll work but it's ugly and not always possible. On my Unicomp board I swapped N with an unmarked black key (originially from the down arrow). But yeah, there aren't always really good solutions available.

Hehe, that depends on your (or rather, my) level of OCD tendencies! :-Þ

The board is a true wonder, and my most deeply awed congratulations on making it!

To me however, that part of the board looks ugly because it's neither fish nor fowl. It's QWERTY but with two keys misplaced. Sure, I don't actually look at the keys as I type but a thing like that is in fact enough to tick me off in the long run. And I do see my keyboard pretty much every day so I'd certainly like to avoid this (minor but constant) annoyance. YMMV. ;-)

That's why the unmarked black key was the best solution for me. It stands out, but not as a misplaced key. Rather, it's a visual design element. I wish I had another unmarked but nubbed key – then I could replace the T as well for symmetry. Nice!

Maybe I do have another black nubbed IBM cap lying around somewhere, hmmm...

Actually, in my experience, people don't notice the keyboard layout at all until they start typing, even if it's significantly different. I have previously worked with people for several days, using my laptop with it's rearranged Mod-DH layout, without them noticing. Often what happens, at some point they will want to type something on your laptop, and then you get the expressions of shock and confusing when weird letters come up. That's when you need to have The Conversation.

I think when you get into keyboard layouts, you start to develop a "layout eye" that ordinary users don't have!

I can understand your reasoning, I'm just kidding. :) You board looks great! I have one old IBM Model M terminal board, and it amaze me how easy the keys can be re-labeled on this one. Keys with tactile bumps are still the problem though. BTW, I have some experience of using "old style" home bump keys, where the bump is not a raised dash at the bottom of the key, but a raised dot in the middle of the key. I found this convenient, and it may be easier to make that stile of nob yourself in a not nobbed key.

Quick Update: Went to on vacation for a month and went right back to Colemak no problems. I've noticed I feel even more comfortable on Colemak after taking a break, feeling very good.

Planning to go the way of the wide layout myself once I buy my new keyboard. The layout is quite surprisingly cusomizable and fully programmable, so I've gone for a sort of ANSI + ISO layout, and most excitedly has a split spacebar. Looking forward to getting it, cant wait to try out the split spacebar, just praying that I can get used to it. You can see my current plan for the layout here. All of the blank keys I haven't exactly decided what to put on them, but likely keys I won't use often. On the extend layer I think it will be mostly DreymaR's except with some modifications.

Yeah, I think many people stick with the default ANSI/ISO layout simply due to the ubiquity of it. Getting keycap sets in the default layout is guaranteed and no need to fuss around trying to get different sized keycaps for particular rows and such. For me, I feel like the usefulness of a split spacebar outweighs that, but I can understand it at the least.

I'm inclined to agree that having extend on the bottom row might be better, was just sort of sticking with the idea of remapping capslock since I'm used to it. I definitely want extend on the left hand, perhaps I'll try the key to the left of spacebar. Although can't say I'm a fan of using backspace on the extend layer, I'm sort of a backspace masher! (I know it's bad...)

Also updated the OP yesterday with my latest 10fastfingers PB, 115 wpm. Though honestly I rarely get higher than 105 in 10ff and 95 or so in keyhero (punctuation and rare words are hard!)

Yes, perhaps I should try and convert to extend backspace. There's just something slightly uncomfortable about having to click two keys to backspace while I'm trying to type quickly. I feel like I haven't quite gotten used to using the extend layer as much as I would like. Having to move my hands away from my keyboard for the mouse so often makes me forget about it. If only putting a trackpoint/pointing stick on a mechanical keyboard was feasible... Gives me an idea for a custom keyboard!

Managed a 122 tonight, new milestone crossed. I'm thinking 130wpm highscore by the end of the year? I might be the fastest Colemak-DH user in the world!