![]() Do not have only one thumb that can access the space key.I’ve never had serious RSI, and I’m not an expert on it, these rules come from me having minor aches and pains and looking at what was causing it and making adjustments until they went away. Here’s a list of things I think most keyboard layouts for “alternative” keyboards get wrong that I’m compiling here because why not. ![]() I use an entirely custom layout, that’s based on the Planck layout. I think it could be easily improved by adding one more row to each side which would get rid of all of the awkward key placements (e.g., brackets, backslash) I use an ErgoDox EZ, but I’m not happy with the number of keys. Touch-typing in multiple languages with non latin script characters on a standard keyboard demands so much more energy than on a touch-device. It is a hard problem imho to do it correctly on standard keyboard. Multi-language physical keyboards are still putting on the stress on the user memory where touch based keyboards provides a constant visual aid. ![]() My partner touch-type on QWERTY and Bopomofo and could switch from one keymap to the other easily because she learned this way. I hoped to find keyboard with small e-ink keycap that would change based on the keymap selected on my computer and as I mainly use a laptop without external monitor (I was most of the time on-the-go and did not need to use other language than latin script based ones for work), a visual aid on the screen tend to take to much place. I try moving to Colemak/Dvorak/Bépo a few times but did not put the energy necessary to make the switch. Worst also, I am so used to touch-type with AZERTY that most of the time I stick to it or QWERTY on a standard keyboard. I only use multiple languages on my smartphone thanks to the visual aid of the Gboard. I don’t due to the mental burden of learning multiple keymap to be honest.
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