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    I love it!

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    03-Apr-2008 14:52:15#1 I love it!

    I'm really just posting so I can be included in the "how many people use Colemak" stats :-).

    I am a 80wpm Qwerty typist. I installed Colemak on both Windows/Mac and used Typefaster to learn. I am doing the "Qwerty by day, Colemak by night" approach for 2 weeks. In about 1 more week I will be ready to switch over to Colemak full time and start building speed. Right now I'm 20-30 wpm based on Typefaster numbers.  I spend 5-10 minutes per day on Typefaster--that's all it took me to learn Colemak--indeed, easy to learn.

    I'm already looking forward to not having carpal tunnel syndrome later!

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    03-Apr-2008 18:23:26#2 Re: I love it!

    Fascinating.  It seems like this really is turning into a viable approach to switching.  Maybe this is just the sort of grassroots thing that could cause Colemak to eventually reach a tipping point and explode!

    :-)   Okay, I can hope, anyway.

    Revolution!  "Si se puede!"

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    06-May-2008 13:23:30#3 Re: I love it!

    After one month, I'm at about 55 wpm (hi-games typing test). I find that I'm gaining about 5 wpm/week.

    The hardest thing has been certain letters. D/G is an ongoing battle, so is J/H/K, as is I/O/U. Pretty much everything else has been smooth sailing.

    My wrists and forearms already hurt less at the end of the week!

    Hooray.

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    22-Jul-2008 03:54:10#4 Re: I love it!

    At the 4.5 month mark, I'm up over 70 wpm. The only really outstanding issue is d/g...still getting my dogs and gods mixed up when I type fast :-)

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    22-Jul-2008 12:42:40#5 Re: I love it!

    Great stuff. Keep us posted when you match your previous qwerty speed.

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    24-Jul-2008 00:29:48#6 Re: I love it!
    daaave_reid said:

    I'm really just posting so I can be included in the "how many people use Colemak" stats :-).

    Please add me to the list too, if you don't mind.


    I am quite glad to have recently found Colemak. It is an excellent alternative to QWERTY.

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