Comments on: The free one-handed keyboard http://warped.org/blog/2008/10/06/the-free-one-handed-keyboard/ Max Baker -- A Man with a Hand Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Peter http://warped.org/blog/2008/10/06/the-free-one-handed-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-10281 Peter Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:59:08 +0000 http://warped.org/blog/?p=3#comment-10281 In case anyone is looking for a Mac version of the one-handed typing method in this post, check out "Mirror-QWERTY" on the Mac App Store: Mirror-QWERTY: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mirror-qwerty/id496021762?mt=12 Max, if you're still interested in one-handed layouts (since your bike injury must have healed by now) I'd be interested in feedback on my other project. Basically the same layout you're using here, but using predictive text to guess which word you want. So no need to hold spacebar to swap between letters, just type and the software figures it out. One-Hand Keyboard http://www.onehandkeyboard.org/download/ Easier to learn than the "hold spacebar" version? In case anyone is looking for a Mac version of the one-handed typing method in this post, check out “Mirror-QWERTY” on the Mac App Store:

Mirror-QWERTY:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mirror-qwerty/id496021762?mt=12

Max, if you’re still interested in one-handed layouts (since your bike injury must have healed by now) I’d be interested in feedback on my other project.

Basically the same layout you’re using here, but using predictive text to guess which word you want. So no need to hold spacebar to swap between letters, just type and the software figures it out.

One-Hand Keyboard
http://www.onehandkeyboard.org/download/

Easier to learn than the “hold spacebar” version?

]]> By: ambi http://warped.org/blog/2008/10/06/the-free-one-handed-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-2383 ambi Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:28:12 +0000 http://warped.org/blog/?p=3#comment-2383 Thanx man! I looked for it for a long time. Thanx man! I looked for it for a long time.

]]> By: max http://warped.org/blog/2008/10/06/the-free-one-handed-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-7 max Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:10:07 +0000 http://warped.org/blog/?p=3#comment-7 Good point, Fred. If you don't want to make modifications to the .ahk file, you don't need to install AutoHotKey and can use the self-contained .exe. Good point, Fred. If you don’t want to make modifications to the .ahk file, you don’t need to install AutoHotKey and can use the self-contained .exe.

]]> By: Fred http://warped.org/blog/2008/10/06/the-free-one-handed-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Fred Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:27:55 +0000 http://warped.org/blog/?p=3#comment-6 Re: "you only need install AutoHotKey and download his script" Actually - NOT! You only need to unzip the "script" that contains a HalfKeyboard.exe and the .ahk script. I did not have to download the AutoHotKey ... (may be interesting - but not needed) Only effect I have noticed: I have to allow space to be a space (be more patient!) when using both hands! Re: “you only need install AutoHotKey and download his script”
Actually – NOT! You only need to unzip the “script” that contains a HalfKeyboard.exe
and the .ahk script.
I did not have to download the AutoHotKey … (may be interesting – but not needed)

Only effect I have noticed: I have to allow space to be a space (be more patient!)
when using both hands!

]]> By: Fred http://warped.org/blog/2008/10/06/the-free-one-handed-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Fred Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:31:03 +0000 http://warped.org/blog/?p=3#comment-5 Thank you! Been looking for this for a while. Did not want any HW keyboard because I have some extra letters in my language and I was not sure if that would work. But this does!! Thank you!
Been looking for this for a while.
Did not want any HW keyboard because I have some
extra letters in my language and I was not sure if that
would work. But this does!!

]]> By: max http://warped.org/blog/2008/10/06/the-free-one-handed-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-4 max Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:31:50 +0000 http://warped.org/blog/?p=3#comment-4 Update : I put the keys back in their normal position. It was too hard to hunt-and-peck passwords w/ everything backwards. It did help me learn the new layout faster though. Another change that is totally mandatory is to turn off backspace in firefox. Default behavior is to have the backspace key act like the Back button. I hit it by accident and lost all my work a few times. Go to <strong>about:config</strong> and change <strong>browser.backspace_action</strong> to 2. See <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.backspace_action" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.backspace_action</a> for details. Update : I put the keys back in their normal position. It was too hard to hunt-and-peck passwords w/ everything backwards. It did help me learn the new layout faster though.

Another change that is totally mandatory is to turn off backspace in firefox. Default behavior is to have the backspace key act like the Back button. I hit it by accident and lost all my work a few times.

Go to about:config and change browser.backspace_action to 2.
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.backspace_action for details.

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