Visuals generated with keymap-drawer
text version
x c l f ~ ~ y o u '
r s n t p k h e i a
~ w m g b j d , . ~
text version
x c l f v z y o u '
r s n t p k h e i a
q w m g b j d , . /
text version
x c l f v z y o u '
r s n t p k h e i a
w m g b q j d , . /
Optimized Punctuation: swap ,
-> '
Goals
- Hummingbird-like physical layouts (variants for other layouts)
- Low same finger bigrams (SFB)
- Low lateral stretch bigrams (LSB)
- Low scissors
- Low redirects
- Low pinky movement
- Low pinky rolls
- Low-er upper index usage
- Upper middle and lower index preferred off home row positions
- Traditional punctuation placement
Outcomes of the above goals
- High alternation
- Low-er one hands
- Top row gravity
- Alan: The Hands Down family of layouts were a big inspiration. I used a variation of HD Neu for almost 2 years before it evolved into the bird layout.
- Eve: Many of Eve's layouts and experiments were an inspiration and she actively helped with ideas that resulted in this layout.
- whoa: Was the first person outside of myself to try the bird layout and some of his feedback and ideas were incorporated into the layout.