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I had an interesting experience the other day. I have been using split keyboards for years, but only recently began using a Kinesis Advantage 360 Pro as my daily driver for work; I am so use to the layout now, that in instances where I have to use a non-split, or even my older splits, my fingers fail me entirely - like my brain forgot how to type, my thumbs eagerly searching for the thumb cluster that isn't there.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is one of my worries with adapting to a non standard layout. My work means I'm constantly on different devices and machines so I need to be able to use a normal keyboard and windows. Using Linux is already making the windows part frustrating.

[–] ClickyFingerz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're needing to physically type on different machines, you could try hasu's USB2USB device, which is a programmable dongle that sits between the keyboard and computer and applied whatever layout you want.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Piggybacking on this comment, I made one of these, works great but I don’t use it anymore. If anyone wants it feel free to PM me. (I guess we’ll learn how PMs work on Lemmy…)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you're constantly switching, you have have issues.

[–] danieldk 2 points 1 year ago

My speed on row-staggered QWERTY non-split keyboards is pretty much the same as before. Maybe it's because I switch to Colemak a few weeks after switching to split columnar keyboards. I think that they are just separate in my head now. Similar to how learning to use split keyboards didn't erase my memory of how to ride a bike.