Something that gets to me with Dvorak and its kin are how its designed for two handed typing all the time.
I have three typing use cases: left handed lazy mode, two handed code / essay mode, and mixed if I'm using a mouse capable text editor or something.
Dvorak / Colemak both take away some of the qwerty advantage of having quite a large chunk of the words I write on the left side of the keyboard.
That gave me an idea. I wonder if we are evolving modern English to cope with qwerty? That people favor words they can use off the left hand since the two modes of typing are either left + mouse or two handed? That would subconsciously make people favor typing things left handed only, maybe. I have no idea, I write code, I don't mess with silly brains and neurons. That sounds hard.
You might be interested in a project of mine. One-handed touch typing using your existing muscle memory.
If you're using your left hand, every time you want to type "K", type "D" instead. If you need to type "O", type "W". Type the key on the same row, using the same finger... just with the other hand. The app then runs predictive text on this and figures out which word you meant to type. So "tges" -> "this" as you are typing.
Your muscle memory already knows how to do this due to the ways our brains are wired. Thus very easy to learn. Use Caps Lock to switch back/forth to normal keyboard.
I just downloaded your demo and am very impressed. I forced myself to type with just one hand and it was much easier than expected (typing this comment using it now).
Do you plan to have a mechanism for allowing the user to change the auto-corrected result on the fly? (Other than tapping caps lock to correct then switching back to 1-hand mode). I did get a bit flustered trying to type "world" during a test run.
I have three typing use cases: left handed lazy mode, two handed code / essay mode, and mixed if I'm using a mouse capable text editor or something.
Dvorak / Colemak both take away some of the qwerty advantage of having quite a large chunk of the words I write on the left side of the keyboard.
That gave me an idea. I wonder if we are evolving modern English to cope with qwerty? That people favor words they can use off the left hand since the two modes of typing are either left + mouse or two handed? That would subconsciously make people favor typing things left handed only, maybe. I have no idea, I write code, I don't mess with silly brains and neurons. That sounds hard.