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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I did try switching, but gradually I also unlearned how to use QWERTY. If only we lived in a world with no hardcoded keyboard layouts... For 5% improvement it's just not worth it for most people.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it's the same reason most pc games just support the Xbox layout by default making it the only reasonable choice for controller.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that also has something to do with windows being the most popular gaming platform and Xbox coming from Microsoft as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the original reason was that supporting the controller by default was a requirement for "games for Windows live" and the momentum from that saw a near universal adoption.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I see, makes sense. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are so many things pointing towards ditching QWERTY - WFH jobs, mobile devices, portable keyboards, even virtual projected keyboards rather than physical ones.

On the other hand, laptops are a bottleneck - even if nobody else uses your personal one but you, they still have to make one with a nonstandard layout (will e.g. Apple ever do that?) - and just bc newer, younger people learning how to use computers for the first time could choose a different layout, doesn't mean that many will (I mean at the mainstream level).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

you can install the Colemak layout in software with one click. Works on Linux, Mac, and Windows. https://colemak.com/ I think if another, better layout catches on it could eventually be printed on devices

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago