
AstonJ
Poll: Which keyboard layout do you use?
- Qwerty
- Colemak
- Colemak-DH
- Colemak-DHm
- Dvorak
- Workman
- MTGAP
- qgmlwyfub
- Asset
- Norman
- Qwpr
- Minimak-8
- Neo
- other
- Qwerty
- Colemak
- Colemak-DH
- Colemak-DHm
- Dvorak
- Workman
- MTGAP
- qgmlwyfub
- Asset
- Norman
- Qwpr
- Minimak-8
- Neo
- other
Be sure to check out @Dusty’s article posted here: An Introduction to Alternative Keyboard Layouts It’s one of the best write-ups on keyboard layouts I’ve seen!
Here’s a good site that has a neat analysis tool:
https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/analyze.html
The Colemaks and Workman seem most interesting to me…
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foxtrottwist
I tried Dvorak and Workman before landing on Colemak and eventually Mod-DHm.
Colemak just felt the most natural and comfortable. Mod-DH is suppose to be an improvement over standard Colemak and Mod-DHm was recommended when using a matrix style keyboard. I cannot truly speak to it being an improvement as I barely used standard Colemak before switching to it, but I certainly find it enjoyable.
I’ve seen some specific layout mods for programmers for both Dvorak and Colemak. However, I feel once you get a keyboard like the Atreus or Moonlander, really you can optimize your layout to improve your particular workflow.
Here’s my Atreus layout. My layout for the Moonlander mirrors this with a few bells and whistles since of course there more keys. Though, any key that I would access regularly is still placed on the three main rows and thumb clusters.

Dusty
I would second those who’ve advised bringing a keyboard. A nice 60% travels easily and eliminates any need to tweak settings or install anything that might affect your colleagues.

foxtrottwist
I love the Atreus, but the extra keys will be welcome. The limited real-estate has inspired me to make good use of layers though. This layout was fairly inspirational as well.
I’m in batch 3. I think I was early on in the batch so hopefully in a week or two. But no shipping notice as of yet.
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