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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/ergomechkeyboards
 

Cross-posting from mechs:

I picked up a glove80 ergo mech, coming from a regular split keyboard, and am having a hard time adjusting. Got a couple questions. 1. For those of you that use tiling window managers like i3 or sway, or anything with a mod key, what do you use for your mod key? The “System” key on this board is so far away that my thumb really needs to stretch to get to it; not sure if there are similar issues with other thumb clusters. 2. are there any good typing practice sites or games you would recommend, especially those that emphasize special characters, numbers, and mod keys in the thumb cluster?

This took me like 5 minutes to type lol

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

as far as getting used to typing speed goes, i really don't think you need to stress about it or do any specific "training". you will very quickly adjust. if you really want to get good, i recommend just chatting in discord, lol. it will speed you up quickly.

[–] yaaaaayPancakes 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I concur. I got used to my Ergodox just by using it. I did a bit of the training that comes with it, but use was where I learned.

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

I'm not sure about 1. 2. Monkeytype has a punctuation and numbers mode them at random. Maybe check that out :)

Good luck with your journey