[nbanks]

I think the most obvious redesign would be to switch to a stenography system instead of Querty/Dvorak/etc. By chording, we could type faster with less movements. Steno takes longer to learn, but it's easier to type over 200WPM.

On the other hand, I tried using Plover for a couple months and found it was much better for writing English than it was for programming in an IDE. I missed the function keys. Plover was also a pain to use...I've been meaning to program a Raspberry Pi to run Plover but act like a normal USB or Bluetooth keyboard. I bought the Pi and a small screen, but never got further with the project. The Pi is now the piano synthesizer for my 25 year old music keyboard.

[blacksmith_tb]

I was surprised to see the article didn't touch on chording. I have never made the leap myself, but I can see there's a lot of potential there if you're willing to commit. The whole QMK / DIY keyboard scene seems to open up possibilities, like[1]

1: https://www.paulfioravanti.com/blog/chording-qwerty-qmk-comb...

[fudged71]

I'm waiting on a soon-to-be-shipped Kickstarter product called CharaChorder which is a regular qwerty keyboard with chords. Very excited to try it out