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I've used a US-QWERTY keyboard layout my entire life. I've seen other layouts that do things like reduce the size of the enter/backspace keys, move the pipe operator (|) and can't wrap my head around how I would code on those.

What are your experiences? Are there any layouts that you prefer for coding over US English? Are there any symbols that you have a hard time reaching ($ for example)?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I used DVORAK for years, but went back to QUERTY mostly because it made life hard on on the rare occasion I needed to use someone else's computer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Same boat, even on my own computer I run into problems where I have to switch back to qwerty, like using wasd in games or using a barcode scanner at work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I use dvorak full time, but I can't touch type on qwerty. I do get strange looks at work when I have to hunt and peck at the lab computers qwerty keyboards.