Comments on: Keyboard http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/646 A Pythoneer's adventures with Scheme, etc. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:37:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris MacLeod http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/646/comment-page-1#comment-541 Chris MacLeod Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:58:59 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=646#comment-541 I'm skeptical of their claims that you can learn their layout in an hour. There also seems to be no evidence that their layout is actually faster for typing; if you look at other alternate layouts like Colemak they actually have statistical data to back it up, which was totally missing here. I’m skeptical of their claims that you can learn their layout in an hour.

There also seems to be no evidence that their layout is actually faster for typing; if you look at other alternate layouts like Colemak they actually have statistical data to back it up, which was totally missing here.

]]> By: Federico http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/646/comment-page-1#comment-540 Federico Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:29:39 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=646#comment-540 There are hundreds of weird keyboards out there. Most of them makes no sense. I'm a happy user of a TypeMatrix 2020 - and I'm using a Dvorak layout of course. There are hundreds of weird keyboards out there. Most of them makes no sense.
I’m a happy user of a TypeMatrix 2020 – and I’m using a Dvorak layout of course.

]]> By: ulrik http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/646/comment-page-1#comment-536 ulrik Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:15:44 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=646#comment-536 What's the deal with the left hand side? Only three keys for the home row, where you have four fingers to lay to rest.. What’s the deal with the left hand side? Only three keys for the home row, where you have four fingers to lay to rest..

]]> By: Lennart Regebro http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/646/comment-page-1#comment-535 Lennart Regebro Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:07:32 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=646#comment-535 The non-qwerty layout is, as usual, the whole point of making a non-standard keyboard. ;-) Anyway, I would be interested if they didn't make mistake no 1: It's about as wide as a standard keyboard. That means that most people unless they have very wide shoulders end up straining their right shoulder, which is a common reason for repetitive stress injury. Why does that make me non-interested? Because clearly these people have not made their ergonomic homework. If they get rid of the keypad it might be worth trying out. But I still don't see why A and U are such huge buttons. U is not a common letter. The most common ones are A and T.... And are the snakey layout really easier to learn? I'm skeptical... The non-qwerty layout is, as usual, the whole point of making a non-standard keyboard. ;-) Anyway, I would be interested if they didn’t make mistake no 1: It’s about as wide as a standard keyboard. That means that most people unless they have very wide shoulders end up straining their right shoulder, which is a common reason for repetitive stress injury.

Why does that make me non-interested? Because clearly these people have not made their ergonomic homework.

If they get rid of the keypad it might be worth trying out. But I still don’t see why A and U are such huge buttons. U is not a common letter. The most common ones are A and T…. And are the snakey layout really easier to learn? I’m skeptical…

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