Comments on: Officially Switching To Colemak http://aqeeliz.com/2009/01/20/officially-switching-to-colemak/ Personal blog of Aqeel Zafar Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:40:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark http://aqeeliz.com/2009/01/20/officially-switching-to-colemak/#comment-2677 Mark Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:29:55 +0000 http://aqeeliz.com/?p=226#comment-2677 One really nice thing about learning both Colemak and Dvorak is how most typing is done on the home row. Unlike some people, I was fortunate not to have much proficiency with Qwerty when I tried both alternatives so I wasn't held back by old habits. Ultimately, I decided to go with Dvorak mainly because I found it more comfortable than Colemak but I read that the folks who like Colemak like it a lot and find it very comfortable to use. Perhaps it is just a personal preference but the hand alternation of Dvorak is something I really like. Either way, no layout can replace good posture, proper keyboard height and how you hold your hands but if both formats lead to less people suffering from repetitive injuries and taking proper typing more seriously there is room for both layouts in this digital age. Options are a very good things and now we have two great alternatives to a lame layout that wastes a homerow key on the semi colon. One really nice thing about learning both Colemak and Dvorak is how most typing is done on the home row. Unlike some people, I was fortunate not to have much proficiency with Qwerty when I tried both alternatives so I wasn’t held back by old habits. Ultimately, I decided to go with Dvorak mainly because I found it more comfortable than Colemak but I read that the folks who like Colemak like it a lot and find it very comfortable to use. Perhaps it is just a personal preference but the hand alternation of Dvorak is something I really like.

Either way, no layout can replace good posture, proper keyboard height and how you hold your hands but if both formats lead to less people suffering from repetitive injuries and taking proper typing more seriously there is room for both layouts in this digital age.

Options are a very good things and now we have two great alternatives to a lame layout that wastes a homerow key on the semi colon.

]]> By: guille http://aqeeliz.com/2009/01/20/officially-switching-to-colemak/#comment-2670 guille Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:17:53 +0000 http://aqeeliz.com/?p=226#comment-2670 Hey I'm a dvorak user since a couple of months and I would like to try colemak too (mainly because of unix's ls -s command), but later because I have too much work these days. I can only say, there is no psychology around it, you are definitively making much less effort in writing and your hands are much more relaxed. The effort is definitively worth doing. Good luck! Hey I’m a dvorak user since a couple of months and I would like to try colemak too (mainly because of unix’s ls -s command), but later because I have too much work these days. I can only say, there is no psychology around it, you are definitively making much less effort in writing and your hands are much more relaxed. The effort is definitively worth doing.
Good luck!

]]> By: Aqeel http://aqeeliz.com/2009/01/20/officially-switching-to-colemak/#comment-2664 Aqeel Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:32:58 +0000 http://aqeeliz.com/?p=226#comment-2664 <a href="#comment-2663" rel="nofollow">@Awais Imran</a> First, we aren't forcing anyone to switch to anything, but we are free to choose whatever we want for ourselves, though people should know there are better alternatives available. Second, if we don't move to better things, we would still be living in caves, wouldn't we? After all, it was an established and quite universal way to live. ;) @Awais Imran
First, we aren’t forcing anyone to switch to anything, but we are free to choose whatever we want for ourselves, though people should know there are better alternatives available.

Second, if we don’t move to better things, we would still be living in caves, wouldn’t we? After all, it was an established and quite universal way to live. ;)

]]> By: Awais Imran http://aqeeliz.com/2009/01/20/officially-switching-to-colemak/#comment-2663 Awais Imran Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:26:28 +0000 http://aqeeliz.com/?p=226#comment-2663 Why switch to DVORAK or COLEMAK when QWERTY is such an established and universal layout? Sure, the other two may be better, but I don't see why the world should switch to it :D Why switch to DVORAK or COLEMAK when QWERTY is such an established and universal layout?

Sure, the other two may be better, but I don’t see why the world should switch to it :D

]]> By: Binny V A http://aqeeliz.com/2009/01/20/officially-switching-to-colemak/#comment-2640 Binny V A Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:28:44 +0000 http://aqeeliz.com/?p=226#comment-2640 Being a Dvorak user, I can sympathize with you. It took me a whole month of very slow typing to get used to Dvorak. Being a Dvorak user, I can sympathize with you. It took me a whole month of very slow typing to get used to Dvorak.

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