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~ns

As a 100+ WPM qwerty-er, I think alternative layouts are overevangelized. Qwerty might not be the most efficient, but when I'm writing, my 'board isn't the bottleneck. It's my brain. Alternative layouts don't make the majority of daily typing work any easier or faster. If you do really need the speed, learn to use the right tool for the job, like steno.

Qwerty is going to be around until either brain-computer interfaces become mainstream or the human race dies in a cataclysm. Both options are a bit scary to me, so I hope qwerty sticks around.

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~tatterdemalion wrote:

I was a 100+ WPM qwerty-er. About eight years ago, I switched to Colemak. My typing speed has never fully recovered, currently sitting around 85 WPM. But my wrists feel a lot better. That, not speed, is the main benefit of alternative layouts.