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| Apr 20, 2019 at 14:39 | comment | added | afeique | My personal example: I drive manual regularly, but occasionally drive automatic. In the past, I used to drive an economy sedan 5-speed which accelerated and handled approximately like any other economy automatic. In most automatic vehicles, I would often find myself reaching for the shifter or trying to hit the clutch. Now I drive a sports car 6-speed. The expected handling, response, and approach to driving is so distinct, I never have a mixup when driving an automatic. If I drove an automatic transmission sports car, I'm certain it would cause more brain confusion. | |
| Apr 20, 2019 at 14:35 | comment | added | afeique | There is a lot of great thought and experience here. I believe that having a clear distinction in motivation (e.g. problem space) and associated expected response makes context switching much easier. This concept is outlined in this post as well: ux.stackexchange.com/a/73151/125403. I believe learning another layout can be non-intrusive if one takes an effort to divide the problem space: "I use QWERTY for programming, I used Dvorak for writing and chat." You can further help your brain by utilizing keyboards with distinct physical responses (switches). | |
| Feb 9, 2018 at 12:37 | comment | added | Paradox | With Qwerty I average ~130wpm on typeracer, and can burst at 160wpm. I've tried learning Colemak on two separate occasions because I've heard it's much more efficient. When I was starting out, I confused a lot of Colemak keys for Qwerty keys. But to my horror, as I got better with Colemak, I was also losing muscle-memory I had developed with Qwerty. I found myself having to stop and 'think' more with Qwerty, because I would inject Colemak keystrokes into my Qwerty typing, and my typing speed decreased. I had to abandon learning Colemak because of the negative effect it was having on my Qwerty. | |
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| Jun 11, 2016 at 20:47 | comment | added | Zorg | Based on me being a good touch typist (~100 WPM), learning colemak, forgetting and relearning qwerty, this write up matches my experience exactly. Because I use both layouts frequently, I'm not really better at one however. | |
| Jun 21, 2015 at 13:09 | history | edited | Jeromy Anglim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2015 at 8:26 | comment | added | Trewesta Anamoly | Thanks @JeromyAnglim , your answer is exactly what I was looking for! Now I can use these insights in my day trading profession to understand myself better! | |
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| Jun 21, 2015 at 6:35 | history | edited | Jeromy Anglim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2015 at 6:03 | history | answered | Jeromy Anglim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |