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0 pointsSyzygies4y ago0 comments

> Same reason most of us use QWERTY keyboards instead of one the many better layouts available.

Many people here are coders, not writers, and the layout for generating human language is irrelevant. With QMK firmware tap-hold, and one finger each hand chording, one opens up a quadratic expansion of expressibility, all near home row. Now one can automate all frequent actions (VSCode commands, application launches, windowing scripts) as paired keystrokes.

Keyboard layouts should be the poster child for "Don't get sucked into taking the problem statement as given, THAT's usually what needs questioning."

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tharne4y ago

> With QMK firmware tap-hold, and one finger each hand chording, one opens up a quadratic expansion of expressibility, all near home row.

I'm a happy qmk enthusiast. My point was that the overwhelming majority of people will stick with the defaults for most things, which is why usage and adoption rates are not always a good indicator of the quality or utility of a tool.

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0 pointsSyzygies4y ago0 comments

> Same reason most of us use QWERTY keyboards instead of one the many better layouts available.

Keyboard layouts should be the poster child for "Don't get sucked into taking the problem statement as given, THAT's usually what needs questioning."

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tharne4y ago

> With QMK firmware tap-hold, and one finger each hand chording, one opens up a quadratic expansion of expressibility, all near home row.

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