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Would you consider using an alternative keyboard layout such as Dvorak or Colemac? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by SudoDnfDashY@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] graphito@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I learned colemac and can use it on par with qwerty but it just isn't integrated as the mainstream:

Search wouldn't recognize the language if you chose wrong layout
Shortcuts: everything's nowadays designed with qwerty in mind, every alternative is awkward
subsequently, vim is out
every other computer is a struggle
your computer is unusable for anyone else, including colleagues who trying to help you or loved ones who want to check the weather

[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

+1 on the Vim thing. Holy CRAP was Vim impossible to use with Dvorak until I laboriously remapped every single god-damned key (and memorized the new key to functionality mapping!).