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    Colemak log of progress.

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    28-Sep-2008 15:52:44#1 Colemak log of progress.

    I am making the switch to Colemak from QWERTY. I set up one of my computers on Dvorak but it didn't appeal to me that the familiar keyboard shortcuts were all over the place, and I couldn't close a tab with one hand, or similar. I average 90-110 WPM on QWERTY, and have been typing it for 5-7 years. My goal is to get over 30 WPM in the first week of Colemak. I am going to be using the KTouch tutor.

    Just finished setting up some shortcuts, Control+Alt+C to switch to Colemak, Control+Alt+Q for QWERTY, and now I'm going to start training.

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    29-Sep-2008 13:02:57#2 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    Try to aim for accuracy at the beginning, rather than speed. The speed will come on it's own. And good luck.

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    29-Sep-2008 15:22:48#3 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    Thanks Korivak, KTouch forces me to get good accuracy to pass anyways. :D

    Well yesterday I learned some of the home row. r, s, t, n, e, and i.

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    29-Sep-2008 16:57:31#4 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    Yes, it's really a mistake to have a speed goal.   Go slow and hit the right key every time with rhythm.  Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy... don't force yourself to unlearn mistakes.

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    29-Sep-2008 18:04:02#5 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    OK, my new goal is to know where all the keys are by the end of the week.

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    30-Sep-2008 20:30:48#6 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    I've got the entire home row memorized. Also on hi-games I did a hunt and peck test with Colemak for fun and I got 27 WPM. I'm going to practice and get the home row down so I don't have to think about it as much when I'm focusing on the other rows.

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    02-Oct-2008 21:51:28#7 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    I didn't have time to practice. I'll probably continue next week.

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    08-Nov-2008 20:36:33#8 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    Surprisingly even if you stop for a while it will not vanish from your memory.

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    15-Nov-2008 04:47:16#9 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    Yeah, it's still on my basement computer. I use it at night sometimes, maybe like 2-5 hours on it a week. I'm changing my laptop keys to Colemak, as it is not unbelievably slow anymore to type. Theoretically I should learn the placements instead of looking at the board, but how I learned to type QWERTY at 100-120 WPM was by looking and finding my own techniques. I always have Qwerty at easy reach though (Ctrl+Alt+Q) if I need to type something long, fast. I hope to maintain QWERTY typing speeds, which I think I can manage, as I take keyboarding classes at school. (faster than my teacher, lol, with those wood covers)

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    15-Nov-2008 11:51:53#10 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    Qwerty is not so bad at all, if it was certainly dr Dvorak would succeed in his mission.

    I can also do an easy fast typing on qwerty, but I cannot hold it long without looking at the keyboard because some weird "optimisation" or call it "non-standard fingering" put me off the home position. Feeling where the home row is all the time (or where all the keys are) is marvelous experience on Colemak or Dvorak.

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    15-Nov-2008 16:57:15#11 Re: Colemak log of progress.

    Yeah, sometimes I have trouble with losing the home row on QWERTY, but it is a lot more rare now. I did a test on hi-games for fun, and I got 38 WPM.

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