Hello, I was wondering if there are any people who would like to use/rate my keyboard I've been in the process of having an enjoyable time using.
I have created a quick & easy Windows installer of the layout made with the Microsoft Layout Creator you can download from here -> http://www.mediafire.com/?ra17nj9mt719mdg (Note It's en-CA not en-US so you may want to modify it to be grouped with your default locale for easy switching)
This layout is mostly custom; not based on optimizer placements since their results feel/flow kind of bad as I've personally experienced. I noticed after the fact my V4 is unusually similar to Dvorak. All home row keys, the keys above the with the middle & ring finger and I also placed G/,/A/Q manually, and I tuned completely for comfort & hand anatomy.
I am still learning and playing with evolution/layout optimization programs, but for now, I'd like to ask the seasoned keyboard layout veterans what you think of the layout. How it feels compared to your Colemak or any alternative layouts you've learn't and may easily spot a horrid learning barricade from a simple look or quick feel from previous mind re-training. :) I've come to enjoy and it seems to score fairly well on those online comparers, but most importantly it feels good and flows wonderfully during use. It scores amazingly well on long novel text. Just to mention same finger seems to be it's most problematic feature but not horrendously bad.
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For the http://patorjk.com/keyboard-layout-analyzer/ use:
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#ZXCV/I would love to get some thoughts, suggestions, and feedback for improvements my novice keyboard layout mind hasn't yet been able to see. :)
Edit: Does anybody know how to tune the carpalx optimizer to help decrease same-finger in addition to distance?
