QWERTY Is the Worst - Here's How to STOP Using It
In this video I'm looking at 5 simple steps you can follow to get started with using alternative keyboard layouts on your existing keyboard or a custom keyboard.
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Tools from the video:
Keyboard layout doc: https://bit.ly/layout-doc-v2
Preview layouts: https://keyboard-layout-try-out.pages...
My Voyager Graphite layout: https://configure.zsa.io/voyager/layo...
Switch layouts on your existing keyboard:
Mac:
Ukelele: https://github.com/sillsdev/Ukelele
Karabiner-Elements: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
Windows:
Msklc: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...
Capsicain: https://github.com/cajhin/capsicain
Linux:
Xkb: https://www.x.org/wiki/XKB/
Keyd: https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
Cross-platform:
Kmonad: https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad
Kanata: https://github.com/jtroo/kanata
Learning
Keybr: https://www.keybr.com
Monkeytype: https://monkeytype.com
Typ.ing: https://typ.ing
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Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:29 Sponsor
0:50 My experience and how bad Qwerty is
2:31 Step 1: Choosing a new layout
4:42 Step 2: Previewing a new layout
5:26 Step 3: Using a new layout on your existing keyboard
5:53 Step 4: Using a new layout on a custom keyboard
6:39 Step 5: Learning a new layout