DreymaR, you sounds like a gateway drug dealer :~0

6th day: 39 WPM max. I improved significantly, but my accuracy needs some improvement.

7th day: 47 WPM. (46 WPM with 100% acc)

My own solution for Polish is different, see the Locale topic. But if you rather want to do it that way then feel free.

You are on Windows, you say. So, one way is to make this layout you want with the MSKLC tool, to create a layout install. But to me it's better to use PKL (PortableKeyboardLayout) as described in my Big Bag (PKL) topic. Then you can have Extend and Curl and whatever you like. But we'll have to edit the layout a bit for you.

For instance, in my Colemak[eD] ISO layout for PKL here's the line for the letter E (in layout.ini):

SC026 = E	1	e	E	--	€	↑	; QWERTY kK

So for this key you'll want to add your Polish letters to where I have € and ↑:

SC026 = E	1	e	E	--	ę	Ę	; QWERTY kK

Note, however, that since the acute accent affects many letters it would be better to use a dead key for it! If you want that more accessible I suggest putting it on a bracket or the VK_102 key on your keyboard. That way, you won't have to decide which accent to put on your Zz key either. The dot-above accent is only used for Żż so it'd go nicely on that key.

In my PKL files, the acute dead key is called 'dk15'. So if you put dk15 as an entry somewhere, that key in that shift state will be an acute dead key.

Here's my suggestion: Acute accent on left bracket key, ogonek on right bracket key, Żż on VK_102.

I'm putting together a new version of my PKL files these days, with layouts for the new Curl(DH) mod and more. I hope it'll be ready soon.

15th day: 67 WPM polish on basic typing test, 44WPM on advanced.

I switched back to QWERTY.
My personal best increased to (on QWERTY):
Polish: basic - 101 WPM, advanced - 87 WPM
English: basic - 99 WPM, advanced - 85 WPM

Why I switched back? Because already there is too much confusion cased by new layout which is everywhere and I already typing very fast. On colemak most used letters are on home row which looks great at first, but then it causes problems with accuracy. On qwerty in almost every word I need to jump with fingers all over the keyboard, but it helps with accuracy in my opinion.

My accuracy with QWERTY vary from 97 to 99%, where in Colemak it is around 90% max I believe. Everything can be learn with practice, but I don't want to wait few years to feel comfortable on it. And same as someone said: If I must work on someone's else computer there will be problems. Another thing is with shortcuts in IDE etc.

That is a shame, as it sounds you were making good progress and reaching the point where things should begin to start feeling natural. It does take time for this to happen, and can't be rushed, and in the meantime there are bound to be some teething problems. It shouldn't take years though - certainly you ought to start feeling natural and comfortable after a couple of months or so.

I doubt that Qwerty's poor design helps with accuracy - it's more likely that you are just more used to it. Indeed, imagine if the world already used Colemak. If someone came along and proposed the Qwerty layout to increase accuracy, they would be derided as a lunatic.

But I wonder... having had a taste of how much better things can be, can you really bear the idea of using an inferior layout for the rest of your life?

People have different "inherent typing speeds", depending on their reaction speed, neural setup etc. In addition, people have different layout-independent (or partially dependent) typing skills; most of these will transfer shortly after a layout change.

So it's no simple matter to compare transition speeds. :-)

I'm very well accustomed to my layout now I feel, and yet I struggle to bring my speeds above ≈70 WPM. I want 80 WPM, it's my personal goal. But I cannot achieve that with anywhere near consistency now; it only happens in my perfect typing storms. On the bright side, it used to be ≈50 WPM then ≈60 WPM.

I agree, it's more motivating to switch layout if you're having real issues like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or abhorrent speed. If you're fast with QWERTY and well accustomed to its warts and twists, it's easier to stay with the evil you know than to put in the effort to get good with something better.