[floatboth]

> Try typing “The” with the T capitalized on Colemak and hopefully you’ll see what I mean. Your right hand will move somewhat like this: you swing to the right to get the SHIFT key with your pinky, then you swing back to the left to get the letter ‘H’, and then you move to the right again to get the letter ‘E’.

Why would you use the right shift here?? I shift with the left pinky in this situation and it feels fine.

Colemak is just fine, and it's already included in most operating systems.

[cammil]

I think there is a theory that one "should" use the _other_ hand for any modifiers. Presumably and primarily so that the letter key is always pressed using the same finger and position of the hand.

[flyingfences]

> Presumably and primarily so that the letter key is always pressed using the same finger and position of the hand.

But it is. Hitting the left shift in the scenario described literally just takes pulling the left pinky down.

[floatboth]

I never cared about using the "correct" shift key.

[hfdgiutdryg]

I think it matters most for those with smaller hands. That said, if you were transcribing stuff all day long (i.e. typing way more than a programmer), you might notice less fatigue if you shifted "properly".

[SkyPuncher]

I shift this way too on Colemak. I much prefer the slight shift down of the pinky than the whole arm/wrist shift to tackle the rights shift in many cases.