My dumb self went off to the comments section looking for a user called Big QWERTY
What does big qwerty refer to?
They're referring to the fact that pretty much everyone in the comments defended why we still use QWERTY over any different keyboard.
Usually when people say "Big ____" they're referring to giant corportations pushing their agendas for profit against the wellbeing or benefit of society. In this instance, it's certainly being used in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
They're joking essentially that people who vehemently defend qwerty are perhaps a little brainwashed.
It is known that there are keyboard layouts which are more efficient and faster (qwerty came about as a means of preventing typewriter arms from hitting each other), but none have become mainstream because everyone's used to qwerty.
Contrary to popular belief, the QWERTY layout was not designed to slow the typist down,[2]: 162 but rather to speed up typing. Indeed, there is evidence that, aside from the issue of jamming, placing often-used keys farther apart increases typing speed, because it encourages alternation between the hands.[11]
A feature much less commented on than the order of the keys is that the keys do not form a rectangular grid, but rather each column slants diagonally. This is because of the mechanical linkages – each key is attached to a lever, and hence the offset prevents the levers from running into each other – and has been retained in most electronic keyboards.
Do we have any studies done on ortholinear keyboards being more ergonomic?
Oh wow, Big QWERTY here, taking a jab at Big Staggered.
This is perfection.
I don't care what anyone else says, alternate layouts are awesome
edit: actual ones like Colemak and Dvorak, not whatever AI tech bro garbage this guy is peddling
Dvorak user reporting in.
I was interpreting it as the group of humans/countries that use qwerty. Which is (after looking it up) a lot more people than i thought.
Think of Big Pharma and the way they lobby governments
Big Pharma is my drag name
You look gorgeous!
I am also waiting for big mo
Even the Linux nerds who customize everything about their computer are probably still using the QWERTY keyboard layout. I've seen a lot of "arch btw" but never seen "dvorak btw".
I use colemak-dhm btw
I use Dvorak btw.
Same.
Me too. I've used it full time for at least 15 years. Can't touch type on a qwerty layout at all
How do I make Dvorak make sense in my brain?
Practice!
Typing is one of those things that is just experience. Grab a typing test program and put in the time. It took me a few weeks, starting with doing simple things like the equivalent of jkjlj; sets until my pea brain got the minimal amount of muscle memory to be able to use it in the wild. YMMV but I can still use QWERT as well, but it feels weird and not as natural anymore.
I'm an Arch user and I did try Dvorak for a few weeks. I eventually gave up because it was a huge hassle switching back and forth, remapping game controls, remapping code editor key combos, and so many other remaps. It just wasn't worth the effort.
i use Colemak btw
Well yeah because I use vim bindings everywhere btw and am not confident I can remap the keys for every application that uses them.
I have a custom keyb BTW.
I use Dvorak BTW.
My clocks are all set to UTC btw.
Did I mention I boulder? Did I menti
I'm on thumb-board btw (on phone)
aptmak btw
I use Dvorak on Kubuntu btw.
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.
Yeah it's the same reason most pc games just support the Xbox layout by default making it the only reasonable choice for controller.
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.
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.
I see, makes sense. Thanks!
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).
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
I guess my username is relevant here...
Hahahaha
Can I get the know your meme on this one ? I really wanna know what happened but can't search " guy jumping dog almost biting his dick meme" .
Lotta BIG QWERTY's on Lemmy
edit: I thought you were using 'QWERTY' as a pejorative term for 'know-it-all'. Turns out you actually mean the keyboard.
I also didn't understand op at first. And also I agree about the 1 point you made
Does someone have the template for this meme?
Excellent template. It made me laugh like a hyena.
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