• graphito@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    I learned colemac and can use it on par with qwerty but it just isn’t integrated as the mainstream:

    • Search wouldn’t recognize the language if you chose wrong layout
    • Shortcuts: everything’s nowadays designed with qwerty in mind, every alternative is awkward
    • subsequently, vim is out
    • every other computer is a struggle
    • your computer is unusable for anyone else, including colleagues who trying to help you or loved ones who want to check the weather
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      2 years ago

      +1 on the Vim thing. Holy CRAP was Vim impossible to use with Dvorak until I laboriously remapped every single god-damned key (and memorized the new key to functionality mapping!).