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@ice @GracelessHippo I have a Dygma Raise, which is a split keyboard with extra thumb keys, and with a normal, staggered layout instead of columnar. It took me about 30 minutes to get used to it. I've been using it for 9 months, and it's the best keyboard I've ever used.

(I personally don't believe columnar or ortholinear are better than staggered. Fingers aren't arranged in literal columns, and I don't hold my hands parallel to the key rows/columns anyway. I type 150wpm, 99.9% accuracy)

20 Feb 2023 at 10:51 | Wall-to-wall | Open on merveilles.town
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@ice @GracelessHippo (I don't type any faster on the Raise than on a non-split keyboard, but it's more comfortable, and the extra thumb keys are really useful for text editor stuff!)

20 Feb 2023 at 10:52 | Open on merveilles.town
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I quite often lose my place on my current keyboard. I think that's a problem I wouldn't get with the split type.

20 Feb 2023 at 10:53 | Open on mastodon.ie
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@GracelessHippo @ice I suspect it would neither help nor hinder common typing skills.

20 Feb 2023 at 10:55 | Open on merveilles.town
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@cancel @GracelessHippo In my case it's a bit complicated, I use a weird custom layout based on international qwerty but with a variety of tweaks and macros to allow quick access to French-specific characters. I agree it's certainly much faster to get used to a split keyboard if you mainly type in English. And yeah, thumb keys are great :)

20 Feb 2023 at 11:33 | Open on merveilles.town
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