- Quite rolly (inrolls), it has the best rolling feel out of all the homerows that I have tried, and is most similar to sturdy
- Low 2u sfs and 2u row jumps
- Alt-fingerable sfbs (
ui,oa,rn)
y is assigned to either index finger depending on letter sequence. y interacts with nearly all english letters and this eliminates a lot of same finger bigram/skipgram problems
Having hjkl on the same hand in a relatively natural positions (vim + tiling window managers)
Helps reducing skip rolls (iew, wei, m_nt). By sandwiching t with n and s, you get comfortable rolls at the cost of some redirects.
This allows the index fingers to move inward and reach inner column letters such as y, p and x more easily.
I have e on pinky finger for almost a year, it is not really a problem for me personally.
Not only it makes the vowel block less cramped, but also quite satisfying to have typed the left and right pinkies in succession:
SHAI
se + es: 1.99%
se: 0.80%
es: 1.19%
ve + ev: 1.09%
ve: 0.85%
ev: 0.24%
xe + ex: 0.19%
xe: 0.02%
ex: 0.17%
fe + ef: 0.35%
fe: 0.22%
ef: 0.13%
Total: 3.63%
H is somewhat frequent in common english, but there are several reasons I placed it there :
- it allows
whyto be typed in this sequence: Left index -> right index -> right index - it prevents index finger from being curled up in the
k(qwertym) position, which makesy/xharder to reach
The v position may a dealbreaker for some, but they are not unreasonable because v is usually a skipgram with another consonants (exceptions being r, n, l). And most of the letters that interact heavily with v are assigned to index finger, so there's sufficient runway.
SHAI
vr + rv: 0.06%
vr: 0.00%
rv: 0.06%
vl + lv: 0.03%
vl: 0.00%
lv: 0.03%
vn + nv: 0.05%
vn: 0.00%
nv: 0.05%
Total: 0.14%
SHAI
v_l + l_v: 0.25%
v_l: 0.15%
l_v: 0.10%
v_t + t_v: 0.16%
v_t: 0.05%
t_v: 0.11%
Total: 0.41%
b letter interacts with t and l quite a fair bit. And words such as visible, tables would be problematic for the pinky as well. It happens to pair well with j that's on the bottom row
The y position should feel comfortable, otherwise you may need to rest your hands closer to the center. You should feel the curls when reaching w and k letters.
deuterium
_ o u . ' q b r l f v
e a i c p m d n t s x
; , w g ȳ h k z j /
SHAI:
Alt: 33.22%
Rol: 40.69% (In/Out: 22.96% | 17.73%)
One: 1.01% (In/Out: 0.60% | 0.41%)
Rtl: 41.70% (In/Out: 23.56% | 18.14%)
Red: 2.99% (Bad: 0.17%)
SFB: 0.79%
SFS: 4.37% (Red/Alt: 0.71% | 3.66%)
LH/RH: 49.85% | 50.15%
_ o u . ' q b r l f v
e a i c p m d n t s x
; , w g ȳ h k z j /
SHAI:
LI: 9.48% RI: 12.15%
LM: 13.57% RM: 14.23%
LR: 15.68% RR: 13.40%
LP: 12.52% RP: 8.96%
Total: 100.00%
str 0.137%
nts 0.130%
oug 0.108%
cia 0.074%
eac 0.059%
eop 0.051%
rts 0.036%
ou' 0.034%
cie 0.031%
oup 0.028%
from left pinky (0) to right pinky (7)
_ o u . ' q b r l f v
e a i c p m d n t s x
; , w g ȳ h k z j /
0 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 7
0 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 7
1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 7
. is assigned to middle finger. And b can be typed with either index or middle
- Keyboard Layouts Doc - A very thorough document with in-depth explanations of typing and layout theory | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W0jhfqJI2ueJ2FNseR4YAFpNfsUM-_FlREHbpNGmC2o
- Dreymar's Big Bag - A collection of modifications and other useful tricks | https://dreymar.colemak.org/
- gfruit's Words Filter - A simple yet incredibly useful tool for finding words with certain bigrams, characters, and fingers | https://gfruit.github.io/typing/words-filter.html
- Octa's Keymap Creator- A tool for creating and sharing layout fingermaps | https://keymap-creator--octatypes.repl.co/
- Monkeytype Fingermap - Same as above, made by the creator of MonkeyType | https://fingermap.monkeytype.com/
- MSKLC Guide - Documentation for the Windows layout creator tool | https://msklc-guide.github.io/#2
- Guide to alt layouts - A helpful introduction to alt layouts | https://getreuer.info/posts/keyboards/alt-layouts/
- Keyboard Layout Tryout - tool for testing how layouts feel by converting text | https://keyboard-layout-try-out.pages.dev/