On 10 Jan 2012, Dan Serban wrote: > > That site is down at present. > > > > My question: is it really worth the trouble of learning a new way of > > typing, if you are already a moderately competent touch typist on the > > QWERTY keyboard? > > > > > > Well, I hope the site has become available to you again since the original > message. There, you can see the layout that colemak provides, it's close > to Qwerty and provides some pros (maybe some cons) to the layout. While I > do admit that it is quite aggravating to learn a new layout; IMHO it has > paid off for me. I've learned to effectively touch type, and I feel that > my comfort level is certainly higher. I've never been a speedy typer so I > cannot add that to the advantages. Though I do find that I make much fewer > mistakes and my fingers definitely do not travel as far as I felt that they > used to using Qwerty. > > I suggest you print out whatever layout you ever decide to go > with, if you so decide.. then at least you will be able to enter your > passwords without too much frustration. > > If you feel that you have reasons to switch I suggest you give it a shot, > otherwise, don't simply add a layer of frustration to your daily routine > until you are convinced this is the way to go. >
Thank you - and yes, the site is up again now. Your advice about deciding to change is similar to that given by colemak. I can see the force of the arguments for changing and if I were younger I'd probably try, but at nearly 78 I doubt if it is worth it. I don't actually have RSI or other problems with qwerty. Not that I'm averse to new ideas: I'm currently making a start on learning a little C. They do suggest that even if you don't make the switch you should reprogram CapsLock to give BackSpace. I had long had it giving Escape (needed frequently in my favourite editor, Vim) but I'm trying it out as BackSpace now. I find I often hit Return instead of the normal BackSpace so this may be worth while. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120111090744.ga2...@acampbell.org.uk
