hywan,
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I’ve received my Dygma Defy. A new adventure is starting. Wish me luck.

https://dygma.com/pages/defy

hywan,
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OK. This is hard. And now I can’t use my previous keyboard neither. I can’t give up, I’ve no choice 😛.

metacosm,
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@hywan exactly! It was a trap all along!

hywan,
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@metacosm Damn…

hywan,
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Day 1: 16-18wpm
Day 2: 20-21wpm
Day 3 (today): 30-34wpm

baby steps

hywan,
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Still day 3: 42wpm.

Eh, making progress!

pieq,
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@hywan what layout are you using?

hywan,
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@pieq Sadly, AZERTY. My previous layout. I’m planning to change, probably for Lafayette or Bepo, or Dvorak. One step at a time though. You?

OdyX,
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@hywan @pieq I'd suggest trying Ergo-L - https://ergol.org/

I'm a heavy BÉPO user, on my TypeMatrix'es, but am in the (too lenghty) process to learn Ergo-L, on the Keyboard.io Model100. But having a baby made the available time margins much smaller 🙃

hywan,
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@OdyX @pieq Ohhhh congrats!!! 🥳❤️❤️ I’m super happy for you!!

hywan,
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Day 4: 48wpm.

Baby steps.

hywan,
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Day 5: 58wpm.

I have changed my thumb cluster once again! Coming close to something that fits me.

hywan,
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Day 6: 62wpm.

However, coding is much faster now. The new thumb cluster brings more efficiency!

My muscle memory seems to slowly coming back.

I've also started to “tent” the keyboard, at 5°C for the moment. It increases the comfort greatly!

metacosm,
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@hywan care to share your key map? What software do you use to measure your speed? Do you have a training regimen?

hywan,
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@metacosm I am still on Azerty for the moment. It’s a shame, I know, but one step at a time.

I measure with MonkeyType.com.

My training: nothing special, it’s basically all day. I use my “old keyboard” when I code/work out of office, directly on the laptop.

hywan,
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Day 7: 74wpm.

My baseline with an unergonomic keyboard and no touch typing was 90wpm. I'm close enough now!

Unsurprisingly, I'm starting to increasingly feel the pain of using AZERTY. Now that my productivity is more or less restored, it's time to destroy it again by switching to Colemak I suppose 🙈.

marcaurele,
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@hywan wpm is the easy measure, what about the cognitive load and mental fatigue at the end of the day?

hywan,
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@marcaurele Honestly it's better and better, today I can say it's almost nothing.

hywan,
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cc @fabi1cazenave thoughts on this 👆?

OdyX,
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@hywan I'm quite confident @fabi1cazenave will direct you to Ergo-L 😃

hywan,
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@OdyX @fabi1cazenave I suspect him to be biased ;-).

hywan,
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Day 9: 86wpm.

Let’s enjoy these improvements for a couple more days before switching to Colemak (DHm).

dpom,
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@hywan DH will be a massive improvement for you - don't wait :)

h3nn3s,
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@hywan I'm curious how you'll get along with the thumb clusters. They seem somewhat oddly positioned in-between the palm rests and main body. 🤔 My Ergodox EZ has the opposite problem where the clusters are so far to the sides that you can't conveniently use most of their keys. 🙄

hywan,
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@h3nn3s Let’s see!

mosu,
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@hywan Received mine a week ago & am absolutely loving it. In case this is your first venture into ortholinear layouts (or generally non-standard layouts): keep at it, don't get too frustrated, the journey's wild but the end result is more than worth it. You got this!

hywan,
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@mosu It’s my first ortholinear keyboard. It’s even my first mechanical keyboard! Thanks for the kind words!

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