How typical is it to use thumb keys for shift?
How typical is it to use thumb keys for shift?
I'm thinking of switching my thumb keys (currently space and enter and two of them go to a symbols layer) to shift. I find that shift makes me anxious when typing because i have to partially leave the home row, and as a result my pinky placement when typing is bad, my ring finger tends to take over and my pinky has become a mod presser and not a typing finger.
I have tried to overload the home row keys as modifiers but that is a huge mistake as it causes misfires or takes TOO LONG to aviate, there is no middle ground with that one.
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it causes misfires or takes TOO LONG to aviate, there is no middle ground with that one.
A lot of people use Miryoku to type fast and accurately. There are settings to fix/alleviate this if you are interested in going down that path.
If you are using QMK setting the TAPPING_TERM low (200 or less?) and enabling IGNORE_MOD_TAP_INTERRUPT will help a lot I think.
I use miryoku and typing uppercase is annoying. You are either swapping shift keys as you type or you have to use caps lock (ewww). Let me know if there is a secret.
Caps Word might be the secret you are looking for. It's invaluable for writing constants when programming for example.