The reference class I had in mind was “keyboards intelligently designed for use by humans”, not “random keyboard layouts” :)
But yeah, obviously if you’re going to learn a new layout, learn the best one available. I just looked it up; Colemak was released in 2006 (http://www.colemak.com/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ#What_is_Colemak.3F). It didn’t exist when I learned dvorak, which makes me feel better about lavalamp_2001′s research skills.
My perception is that Colemak and QGMLWY aren’t so much better than dvorak as to make it worth the effort for me to switch again.
The reference class I had in mind was “keyboards intelligently designed for use by humans”, not “random keyboard layouts” :)
But yeah, obviously if you’re going to learn a new layout, learn the best one available. I just looked it up; Colemak was released in 2006 (http://www.colemak.com/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ#What_is_Colemak.3F). It didn’t exist when I learned dvorak, which makes me feel better about lavalamp_2001′s research skills.
My perception is that Colemak and QGMLWY aren’t so much better than dvorak as to make it worth the effort for me to switch again.
Sounds right to me. The returns are far too diminished!