I am considering the Touchstream LP keyboard, but I’d like to hear more about your experiences now it has been nearly a year since you started using one. Is it really worth it? Please note I am also an emacs user and python programmer and I expect my keyboard usage is similar.
It’s been over a week since I started using the TouchStream LP. I’m a lot more proficient but still fall foul of Q-vs-A, occasional punctuation (top right _/-/=/+ and occasional brackets), and can’t type mkdir quite as quickly as I used to (the mk tends to disappear). That aside, typing is extremely comfortable, and like many others, love the integrated mouse. Moving your hands to pick up a mouse feels just weird.
Today saw a lot of coding and data entry on my big project. All done on the LP, all done reasonably quickly too. When forced to use a normal keyboard while helping some users/customers, I didn’t miss the convenience of the two-in-one keyboard and mouse, but it’s perhaps too early in my changeover to have become dependent.
Typing feels a lot more natural now, but still fairly error prone. I’m managing to type roughly one in three words correctly first time.
The third day with the new keyboard technology has been very encouraging! I’ve regained some typing speed and much accuracy, so will continue with the typing exercises and drills to improve my proficiency.
It’s day two with the zero-force keyboard, and my proficiency has definitely improved. This is mostly thanks to getting some practice in with two typing tutors in Debian: gtyping and typespeed.
I’ve realised how my typing style (which used to be pure touch-typing) has evolved: given how much programming will tend towards punctuation, coupled with the fact that I used emacs (notorious for its use if the Control modifier), my typing has similarly tended to keep the little fingers for shifting; the middle threefingers taking on the brunt of the letters.
