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Workman keyboard layout
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2014–2024), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with Workman keyboard layout, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Shortcuts must be relearned or remapped in apps when switching layouts2024-04-09
- Workman's QWERTY-like key placement causes weird typos like 'sad' for 'saw'2021-04-13
- Common sequences like TH force awkward outward finger rolls, unlike Dvorak2020-06-04
- Switching back and forth between layouts is a pain and takes time to adjust2020-06-04
- Commenter finds symbols like numbers and brackets awkward and annoying to type2020-06-04
- Return key is far away and Left Shift is small, causing discomfort2014-12-20