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?
I made the switch to Colemak eight years ago after trying Dvorak for two months, and never quite getting used to where it places certain keys.
I landed between 80 to 100 WPM on QWERTY before I started, and it took about a month to reach an average of 60 WPM.
Today, I have that 80-100 WPM average on Colemak, and 50-70 on QWERTY.
Colemak feels much more comfortable, and long stretches of typing don't leave my hands feeling stiff and achy.
@DEMONarchy thanks for sharing
reading more about colemak, i really like how it preserves ctrl-z x c v for windows users