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🐦 bird

Layout

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 , -> '

Design

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

Credits

  • 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.

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