Hey there,
I just wanted to add to the feedback about colemak.
_Why I switched:_
Switched out of principle, would like the world to endorse efficiency. ( lol, as part of this in displeased with English being the international language, would rather we have an artificial one, but hey,
_WPM info and stats_
I have been typing on qwerty for about 10 year now I guess. (most xp from instant messenger)
I used this thing to work on colemak for a few weeks on and off:
https://colemak.com/TypeFaster
2 months ago
on QWERTY: 65 (with blind typing)
on Colemak: 10 (have to keep eyes on board)
now
on QWERTY: 18 (have to keep eyes on board)
on Colemak: 28 (with blind typing)
_Notes on "Blind" typing (I mean not needing to keep eyes on keyboard)_
Only after I was able to type on the Colemak layout blind (without looking at a reference of the layout) did I lose my ability to type QWERTY blind ability.
This might just be me though, maybe you wont be so crippled with QWERTY. But i went cold turkey, didnt practice QWERTY for 5 mins each day like I saw as a recommendation to prevent just this happening, lol.
_Overall_
All in all, i like it, I feel like I'm moving my hand around less. Or maybe its just a placebo effect. Either way, I'll stick with it, see if my WPM tops my old QWERTY 65.
_RSI / Carpel tunnel -ishness_
I also did have pain in my hand before (just felt real cold after a long session) and don't right now...but I think that was more from the mouse cuz its only in my right had that I had the pain.
_Thanks, goodbye_
Looks like thats all,hope this was in some form helpful to someone, thanks for reading!