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Thanks so much for that detailed explanation!
Whooo the Voyager, so nice! That's been on my list for quite a while now, must be so handy. If only that price could come down a bit :)
20 wpm is brutal! That brings back memories from the dvorak struggles haha. So frustrating. But a good strategy of yours, to do the switch along with the voyager, that way the frustration isn't focused on one particular thing which can then be easily tossed aside.
Ergonomics are important to me too, as I'm not really a spring chicken any more. I already switched to a trackball mouse, as that gave me the most problems in my hand muscles, they've gone entirely ever since. But my posture at the desk is still an issue, so voyager might help me out there.
I also see Colemak is more modern (than dvorak) and keeps a lot of the punctuation and shortcut keys in the same position compared to qwerty, that's encouraging. I also see -DH moves d and h so the vim shortcuts remain? Ingenious, absolutely perfect! I feel giddy now, I might give Colemak-DH a try this weekend (and hopefully longer).
Vim had quite a few learning resources, little games to make me get used to the bindings/motions. Did you use similar games or exercises to train your Colemak-DH muscle memory?
My pleasure ๐
Yeah, of you've been eyeing the Voyager yourself anyway, I can definitely tell you it's been absolutely great! With some effort, patience, and motivation, it's very much worth it. It's a great piece of hardware, and the customization is so simple.
The hard parts are:
(*) Maybe not hard, so much as time-consuming, because you need to try a button location out for a little while before deciding you want to change it.
I believe I got some cramps in my pinky because the default layout had backspace on the pinky and I made so many freaking mistakes in the beginning that it was getting strained and overworked. ๐
Yeah I think I had an okay strategy. I figured if I want to retrain myself I really need to just do the thing I want to relearn fully and completely, otherwise it'll just take even longer.
I think the -DH mod to original Colemak was made to suit split keyboards better, if I'm not mistaken. I might be though.
I'm happy that you're excited though, really fun! ๐
I do have some resources which were really good. First of all, when you get the Voyager I think they encourage you to sign up to ZSA's newsletter, and that's really good. But they also send you some emails which have first steps to take with your new keyboard.
One of the steps is to log in to https://typ.ing/ (I think it's the URL). It's like a little training site made by ZSA. It's pretty good! And then there's keybr.com, which to me is a really good training platform, really getting into the nitty gritty of typing technique drills.
Best of luck! I hope you get the keyboard, or some other split keyboard, and hit me up later and share your experiences. ๐
Super, that's a complete guide on how to start with Voyager, thank you so much! ๐
My pleasure, pal! And happy cake day! ๐
wow thanks for noticing, this means my instance is officially one year old. Time to make a meta post! :D