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ankhtahr:
I just don't understand why one would want to keep the QWERTY (or in my case the QWERTZ) layout. It's one of the most unergonomic layouts for a keyboard. It was specifically designed to slow down typists and bring the often used keys away from each other, to stop typewriters from jamming. It has absolutely no use today, it is just being kept in use due to it's wide distribution, similarly to the imperial system in the UK and the US.
mtmerrick:
Why? Because everything uses it. It's like saying, I'm the best programmer in the world but I only code in >insert obscure programming language no one had ever heard of before and isn't compatible with anything<
If you type in DVORAK, and leave your DVORAK keyboard, you essentially lose 100% of your typing skill.
It's not like metric, where you can just do a conversion.
ankhtahr:
Well, after a short transition of around a minute I can touch type in QWERTZ just as good as I could before I switched over. Also I carry a flash drive which contains a xmodmap file, and a AutoHotKey-script, which allow me to use Neo on every Windows, Linux or Mac OS without root privileges. On most systems which use X the Neo-Layout is even preinstalled, so simply typing "setxkbmap de neo" loads it.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 14 Apr 2013, 15:49 ---I just don't understand why one would want to keep the QWERTY (or in my case the QWERTZ) layout. It's one of the most unergonomic layouts for a keyboard. It was specifically designed to slow down typists and bring the often used keys away from each other, to stop typewriters from jamming. It has absolutely no use today, it is just being kept in use due to it's wide distribution, similarly to the imperial system in the UK and the US.
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You mean aside from the fact that it's the only kind I've ever used and I can hit 120wpm on it?
mtmerrick:
Hey, I actually agree with Gareth here. :psyduck:
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