anyone have thoughts on if i should try moving from QWERTY to Dvorak or Colemak?
dunno, seems really disruptive... but i do type a lot
and i assume QWERTY ability wouldn't just disappear, for when it's needed outside of home PC?
@alyx I switched to a dvorak-inspired DAS keyboard 12 years ago and haven't regretted.
My typing speed was slow for about three weeks during when I was practicing, but after that my speed got better than before switching.
The main benefit has been less strain and pain on hands.
Now when I must type QWERTY (very rarely indeed), I'm quite slow and must concentrate, but in any case it's not impossible and all the keyboards have QWERTY letters anyway so you can always check what you are typing.
So I'd say go for it. (But choose Dvorak and not DAS, because DAS is optimised for Finnish.)
@Stoori thanks for the data point
interesting that you got faster!
@alyx Speed gain is just reasonal to expect, when a keyboard is designed to minimise movement and delay between key presses.