In other news: I broke 60wpm using the Canary layout the other day! This is the third week I'm daily driving my new keyboard, and I'm slooooowly starting to feel like I can actually get work done at a reasonable speed on this.
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In other news: I broke 60wpm using the Canary layout the other day! This is the third week I'm daily driving my new keyboard, and I'm slooooowly starting to feel like I can actually get work done at a reasonable speed on this.
Conveniently: I've also had zero RSI or shoulder issues during these last three weeks. But it’s hard to say whether that’s been because the changes are actually helping, or whether being forced to slow down is what's actually helped.
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Pet theory: learning a 36-key keyboard layout is not harder than learning a standard 100-key layout. It’s just different enough that if you learn one it takes a while to get used to the other.
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@yosh I think I saw some study once that suggested the difference between keyboard layouts (QWERTY, DVORAK, COLMAK, or even random, but no 36-key layouts so maybe not exactly applicable) made basically no difference in typing speed once someone was sufficiently trained in that layout. So, that seems in line with your experience.
I wouldn't be surprised if 36-key and 100-key layouts are enough different that you could actually be proficient at both at the same time and switch seamlessly.
