Absolutely loving Colemak except...

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FerretWithASpork
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27-Nov-2012 23:31:11#1 Absolutely loving Colemak except...

Why was the S key moved over ONE spot? It seems like it would be more logical to leave it where it was and put the R key where the S key is now..

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28-Nov-2012 00:33:01#2 Re: Absolutely loving Colemak except...

It's mainly because of often seen combination of letters. Having W and R on one finger and F and S on another requires much less use of the same finger than WS and FR.
And some other reasons, but that's the main one – reducing the same finger ratio.

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28-Nov-2012 10:08:12#3 Re: Absolutely loving Colemak except...

While I see the benefits, I do get how inconvenient it is in terms of QWERTY-friendliness. I'd rather it be further away instead of shifted one key, since switching to the other layout CONSTANTLY gives me "s" typos until I get used to it again.

Colemak (start 11.5.12): ~80 WPM.
QWERTY: ~90 WPM.

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28-Nov-2012 18:48:22#4 Re: Absolutely loving Colemak except...

Don't worry, everybody goes through that phase. Shai's first layouts didn't move the S but eventually he felt it had to be done despite the hit to compliance.

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