I’ve recently started trying to improve my typing speed, which has probably been held back by my somewhat unconventional typing style. Formal touch typing was never a part of my education, and while years of computer use eventually led to me being able to type without looking, I’m probably not as efficient as I could be.
Can you touch type - and with proper form? QWERTY, DVORAK or other layout?
I learned to touch type QWERTY in 7th grade (late oughts).
I taught myself to touch type Colemak two years ago. I liked it but quickly realized it was a waste of time because nothing else in the world uses it and i didn’t want to give up QWERTY familiarity. lol
That’s the neat part: you don’t! Once you get comfortable with a different layout, then it’s a second step to get comfortable switching. You will have issues for a while, but your brain will develop a switch quite quickly (it’s much easier than learning Colemak). Once you have the switch, it’s easy to use both layouts.
I work mostly on Colmak DH, but use QUERTY from time to time, when on my laptop.
The ONLY problem I have now is when my wife wants to use my computer… She doesn’t want to try my fancy Colemak keyboard. (But it’s more about it being a split keyboard with unmarked action keys in random places, than about the colemak).