World, meet Colemak
This is a blog about, as you can probably guess from the title, Colemak.
Colemak is a new computer keyboard layout which is more ergonomic than qwerty, much better suited to touch typing and much easier to learn than the Dvorak keyboard layout. It places the most commonly used keys on the home row, which makes for a much more comfortable and disciplined typing experience, and unlike Dvorak, only seventeen of the keys change position — and the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl-X, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V are preserved.
If you have any problems with RSI, or if you just want to be able to type as fast as is humanly possible, Colemak is the way to go.
It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, and it is included out of the box in the alpha version of Ubuntu Hardy Heron.
If you are interested, here are some links to get you started:
- The Colemak website has downloads, information and a whole lot more.
- The forums on the Colemak website are a lively community where you can chat to other like minded Colemak buffs.
- Join the Colemak users group on Facebook.
- See how you get on with the typing test at hi-games.net. You can also see my high score here.
