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bclnr / kb-layout-evaluation

Evaluate ergonomic keyboard layouts over multiple languages
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E on thumb #3

Open theol0403 opened 3 years ago

theol0403 commented 3 years ago

Hello,

Within the split keyboard community, the layout RSTHD is one of the most praised layouts. Made by the author of the "keygen" analyzer https://github.com/xsznix/keygen, it makes use of E on the thumb, a pretty nifty idea.

I'm not sure if you know of this layout but omitted it because of the E on the thumb, but I would be very interested to see how it performs!

https://xsznix.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/introducing-the-rsthd-layout/

Some other E on thumb layouts: https://precondition.github.io/pressing-e-with-the-thumb I would also be very interested in https://github.com/lydell/anishtro

Finally, I'm actually using a modded version of the-1 to type this! I moved stuff around as a matter of preference and to add the E on thumb, but if you are interested, here it is: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/fafabab4065c62e0927ad8dddbaabbce

Thanks for making such an excellent layout analyzer! I'm particularly pleased with how the-1 performs :wink:

bclnr commented 3 years ago

Thanks, I don't remember coming across that layout before. I did ignore several layouts that placed a letter on a thumb since my current script doesn't handle it. But it does make sense to look at and I see there's interest for it.

I'm going to look into a modification of the script to do that, but no promise on when.

theol0403 commented 3 years ago

Thanks! Would thedarndestthing's modifications, which they used to put I on the thumb, be useful for this?

bclnr commented 3 years ago

Yes probably, I'll check it out again.