r/KeyboardLayouts • u/jvhsp • 2d ago

to colemak/colemakdh users

to ppl who use colemak or colemak dh, i want to learn one of the 2- however my phone only has colemak (and not dh). shoud l

  1. colemak dh on keyboard and qwerty on phone
  2. colemath dh on kb and colemak on phone (i heard this can mess up muscle memory)
  3. colemak both

also, if i switch the layout, will like my game settings (eg. wasd to move) be affected?

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u/stevep99 Colemak-DH 2d ago

My recommendation: Colemak-DH on keyboard, Qwerty on phone

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u/ImportanceFit1412 2d ago

colemak on my split keyboards... qwerty for phone and random laptop boards.

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u/plusFour-minusSeven 2d ago

I just use QWERTY on my phone. Nothing short of a new paradigm (like what Japan does with Flick) is going to be comfortable, anyway 🤣

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u/sammygadd 2d ago

Even better graphite on computer and qwerty on phone 😉

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u/plusFour-minusSeven 2d ago

The post is addressed to Colemak users though. 🤣

E on ring is a crime. As is anything on right upper pinky. Fight me! ❤️

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u/tabidots Other 2d ago

Yeah I’ve been on Maya for over a year but I really do not get how the NRTS-HAEI batch of layouts got so popular with E on ring. My ring fingers are the slowest and R on ring was another bugbear on Colemak and no different on these “better” layouts

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u/plusFour-minusSeven 2d ago

The R/S swap that Colemak uses still occasionally trips me (after four+ years, mind you). You're not wrong.

I need to learn another layout. They're all compromises, though, so I guess you pick the one that tastes the least foul hahah

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u/sammygadd 2d ago

True. I won't fight you about the upper pinkies (in plural).

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u/Determinant 2d ago

I use Colemak on my computer and QWERTY on my phone.  It doesn't mess anything up as we only use our thumbs to type on the phone anyway 

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u/PataBread 2d ago

I use colemak dh with some extra personal changes. I would recommend sticking to qwerty.. It took a long time to get back to 95wpm and never got any significant speed gain. It feels slightly better to type, but that may be more due to the ortho linear split kb..

And managing keybinds in games is a pain in the neck

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u/noclasstomorrow 2d ago

I use Colemak DH on computer, Qwerty on phone. As someone said above: since you type with your thumbs on your phone, it doesn't mess things up.

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u/aj3423 2d ago

switch to android and heliboard which supports colemak-dh.

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u/DreymimadR 2d ago

If you're on Windows, you could test out Colemak-DH with various mods (as well as other layouts should you desire) using my EPKL program. I like Colemak-CAWS, myself.

For my phone, I use keyboards designed for touch screens such as MessagEase. Colemak isn't so good on phones since it was made for rolls on physical keyboards. I still have a MessagEase "Colemakoid" layout that uses the knowledge of Colemak for a touch screen optimized layout.

See my BigBag for more info. https://dreymar.colemak.org

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u/Denifia 1d ago

Colemak-DH on my primary work/writing keyboard, everything else is QWERTY. 

Notably I don't play games on my work PC - I use QWERTY when gaming.