Typing better and potentially faster with python
summary
A Python simulator compares QWERTY, Dvorak variants and custom layouts against real code and text, using numpy/pandas to compute keystroke counts, pedaling and finger-distance. Results show 2% fewer keystrokes for layouts with symbols on the base layer and roughly 14% less finger travel for the best layouts. Code runs as IPython notebooks and uses vectorized euclidean distance; a custom layout with swapped symbols and a split ergonomic keyboard reduces discomfort (ergonomics, not layout alone), while gaming and modal editors require extra remapping.
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chapters (29)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:25Welcome
- 1:23Thanks
- 1:50Introduction
- 3:26Keyboard layout
- 4:04Typing story
- 4:42Typewriters
- 5:30Christopher Scholes
- 6:15August Devorah
- 8:33Other layouts
- 8:49Colomac
- 9:10Norman
- 9:20Simulator
- 10:29Keyboard
- 11:58Simulation
- 18:16Home Row
- 18:45Other Rows
- 19:39Fingers
- 21:04Right hand
- 23:26I remind my brain
- 24:23No studies
- 25:06Notes
- 27:25Back toqwerty
- 28:06Dvorak keyboard
- 31:15Key differences
- 32:29Regular expressions
- 36:46Keyboards
- 40:44vim
- 42:55making my own decisions
