About 6 years ago, I switched to 60% board, without arrow keys, and CapsLock as Fn. It took some time to get used to, but eventually - I've mastered it.
I'm not a proper touch typist, so apart from using the wrong fingers for wrong keys, I've adapted weird typing technique like pressing CapsLock(Fn)+Shift with only the pinky finger. I'm not the fastest typist, or the most accurate. But having said that, I was able to get stuff done, without dreading using the computer.
Fast forward to about one month ago, I've got my self a split keyboard - the corne with 42 keys. And I must say - it's awesome. I can touch type properly due to the ortholinear layout, and I feel like it's way more comfortable.
But, I dread using the computer. I type super slow, and while its slowly improving, I still code very slow. I also switched to Colemak, which slows me even more, but this allows me to easily switch to Qwerty keyboards like my Macbook.
And so I started to question my decision. I enjoy using the split keyboard very much, but the psychological toll of being unproductive - affects me a lot. I write a lot for living - code and blogs, so any slowdown in that area affects my progress. I do plan to take a break from work while focusing more on my side projects and blogging, but I still wonder whether I should pursue the goal of mastering the split keyboard. While many people claim to have benefits, none of them actually backed by science, and in anyway I'll have to, once in a while, switch to regular keyboards (such as when using a laptop), so I wonder if it's not just another weird hobby.
What do you think?
I'm not a proper touch typist, so apart from using the wrong fingers for wrong keys, I've adapted weird typing technique like pressing CapsLock(Fn)+Shift with only the pinky finger. I'm not the fastest typist, or the most accurate. But having said that, I was able to get stuff done, without dreading using the computer.
Fast forward to about one month ago, I've got my self a split keyboard - the corne with 42 keys. And I must say - it's awesome. I can touch type properly due to the ortholinear layout, and I feel like it's way more comfortable.
But, I dread using the computer. I type super slow, and while its slowly improving, I still code very slow. I also switched to Colemak, which slows me even more, but this allows me to easily switch to Qwerty keyboards like my Macbook.
And so I started to question my decision. I enjoy using the split keyboard very much, but the psychological toll of being unproductive - affects me a lot. I write a lot for living - code and blogs, so any slowdown in that area affects my progress. I do plan to take a break from work while focusing more on my side projects and blogging, but I still wonder whether I should pursue the goal of mastering the split keyboard. While many people claim to have benefits, none of them actually backed by science, and in anyway I'll have to, once in a while, switch to regular keyboards (such as when using a laptop), so I wonder if it's not just another weird hobby.
What do you think?