Keyboard questions! Can you type without looking at the keys? Do you have a preferred format or make of keyboard?
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I use a cursed variant of dvorak so looking at the keys won't help.
I'll use any keyboard with a properly sized and shaped enter and backspace key. Fuck those laptops that halve the size of backspace or mangle the enter key.
You can replace the key caps.
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Yes, and full sized Keychron for me. I enjoy being able to put in what ever switches and keycaps I want on a keyboard that's infinitely better than any trashheap in waiting that any Corsair or Razer keyboard is.
Keychron? Which one? Don’t leave me hanging like that.
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
Yes. I only used QWERTZ, so QWERTZ is my preferred format.
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Wait what? Why would you add such absurd context? What’s next? You use Dvorak but only on columnar staggered split layouts?
Absurd? It's literally what OP asked.
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Absurd? It's literally what OP asked.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]It’s absurd because one does not learn Dvorak without taking effort to do so. You usually have to be already proficient before you switch to Dvorak. I’d expect you to be a touch typist in another layout before Dvorak.
It would be different if you didn’t say “only in”
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Yep, I'm a touch typist. QWERTY on a compact 1800 format keyboard (an old TX-CP).
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
100%. On the other hand, when it comes to musical instruments, cooking, driving and anything that requires dexterity/hand-to-eye coordination I'm just awful, lol.
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Yes, I do it always when at the computer. Never on the mobile.
Back in the late 90s/early 00s, it used to be a requirement for any self-respecting teen with crushes to text in the middle of class!
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
Yes. US Dvorak with caps lock as compose. The keyboard of the Dell work laptops I've had for the past few years (with some modifications) as well as the standard Logitech keyboards enable me to type without looking simply because I'm so used to them.
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But since it’s very important to you, sure, we can call it whatever you like
wrote on last edited by [email protected]YOU LIED TO US, RAZORCANDY!
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
In theory I should be able to touch type, but my fingertips are girthy, so I make a lot of typos. I think RedDragon made one with 1.2x keys which seems perfect for me, but they are sold out.
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It’s absurd because one does not learn Dvorak without taking effort to do so. You usually have to be already proficient before you switch to Dvorak. I’d expect you to be a touch typist in another layout before Dvorak.
It would be different if you didn’t say “only in”
On the contrary, my repeated failure in learning to touch-type qwerty are why I learned dvorak: it was reported to be easier to use. And it is! It's not advanced typing, it's Easy Mode.
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
Querty with ANSI layout, not ISO. I hate ISO layout.
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Querty with ANSI layout, not ISO. I hate ISO layout.
Brother how do you make a typo on the top 6 letters?
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
Yes, I touch type on a normal US keyboard (US international layout). As i lost some feeling in my finger tips due to age, I made my own dimples on the F and J keys, and some additional ones on the 3 and 8 keys for when I can't use the numeric keypad (which I can touch type too).
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YOU LIED TO US, RAZORCANDY!
Can you find it in your heart to forgive my deception?
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Yes, my keyboard has no markings to indicate letters save for the standard two raised small bars on f and j so I can feel for orientation as per standard keyboard fare.
I use the QWERTY layout on a firmware flashed zsa voyager split ortholinear keyboard.
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
I love Logitech K800, which as far as I know has been discontinued
Now I'm in Logitech mk520 which is... Meh, it's okay, but still hard on my fingers
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I can type without looking if I'm on my keyboard, but when I made a typo I take a quick look to see where I'm wrong. I still have to look it for key combination.
Edit: but I only type with four fingers. I don't know why.
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I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too
I use a 40% unibody split keyboard. I have a Corne, but I suspect the microcontrollers going out so I need to replace those or check my soldering job. Since I switched to columnar stagger I get a little disoriented when I try to use a more “normie” keyboard lol. Still use QWERTY tho
I use blank keycaps, so looking is more to check hand placement or if I need to count my keys to search for a symbol
I may do a bit of a show and tell when I get to my desk :3c
