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#1 Technical » Windows Beta Version (no Caps Lock remapping) » 17-Apr-2007 03:10:47
- Checkit
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Hi Shai,
I got a chance to install the Windows Beta version, and it seems to be working very well for me. Thank you for creating this alternate version.
My question is, is the Caps Lock remapping in the stable version accomplished through the .klc file, or through registry remapping?
#2 Re: User contributions » Colemak vs. Qwerty Frequency Diagrams » 14-Apr-2007 01:06:04
You have seen white hot metal, no? And metal that isn't even red hot will obviously be black. I find it quite intuitive. To get a quick-glance impression you just think heat and look quickly at it. I find that keeping the data in a large area of the standard hotmetal palette makes it more clear rather than less, but ymmv of course.
I have to say that I don't find it very intuitive, even though I understand the idea behind it. I look at it, and it makes sense, but it doesn't have the visceral impact that greyscale has for me. Does it takes some time to "train" your eyes to HotMetal?
#3 Re: User contributions » Colemak vs. Qwerty Frequency Diagrams » 14-Apr-2007 01:02:33
umm, Checkit, i might want to use the first three of your images on the german wikipedia article i'm making. Could you give me permission to use them and all of the relevant infos like lisence please? Thanks
Sure, you have my permission to use them, although I don't know anything about image licensing, so I don't know what license I would have to release them under.
Another thing to take into consideration is that those three images are modified versions of http://colemak.com/wiki/images/8/80/Col … yout_2.png . I don't know if that makes a difference as far as licensing goes.
#4 Re: General » BIG problem: Wikipedia » 13-Apr-2007 04:09:48
From my post at http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?id=121:
I think the reason why the Wikipedia article was deleted was because the Colemak layout was deemed as "non-notable" by Wikipedia standards. In order for a Wikipedia article to exist, there has to be independent sources (e.g. newspaper articles, scientific studies) written about the subject of the article. So until the Colemak layout gets some more press coverage, I don't think we will have any luck at having a permanent article up on Wikipedia.
See the following link for more information on what is considered notable on Wikipedia:
#5 Re: Experiences » Starting to learn Colemak over Dvorak » 08-Mar-2007 00:35:27
Hi Grant,
Welcome aboard! I hope everything goes smoothly for you.
I am in my second week of learning Colemak. After my first seven days of practice, I was up to 31 WPM (from a starting Qwerty speed of 68WPM).
Let us know if you have any questions.
#6 Re: User contributions » Colemak vs. Qwerty Frequency Diagrams » 08-Mar-2007 00:25:47
P.S. What is HotMetal and BlackBody?
#7 Re: User contributions » Colemak vs. Qwerty Frequency Diagrams » 08-Mar-2007 00:23:55
One question: Would it be an idea to change the "e" color from completely white/black to something just a little more moderate? It is the single most important key for sure, but with the current scaling it stands out like a sore middle finger (hehe) and also makes the image tweaking difficult. You scaled it so that the "e" frequency corresponds do 100% but it should probably be less for a better visual impression: I suggest multiplying all percentages by 7 so that the "e" value ends up at around 90%. Also, adding a value offset of, say, 5 to all keys would make the least used keys stand out just a little from the background (or black) color which would also be a good idea if you ask me - even if it has no base in reality as such. It's more about the visual impression than about the "reality" of the pixel values when push comes to shove. A scale from roughly 5% to 95% sounds good to me, avoiding the visual extremes in both ends - the (percentage*7 + 5) formula accomplishes this.
Yes, the fact that the "e" is so overwhelmingly dark forces a lot of the remaining keys to be very light, and therefore makes the differences between all the "non-e" keys less noticeable.
For me, the fun part was thinking up the idea and making the original images in order to see how it would turn out. I don't know how interested I would be in further optimizing these images.
If I work on them again I will play around with your suggestions.
#8 Re: User contributions » Colemak vs. Qwerty Frequency Diagrams » 04-Mar-2007 01:54:57
Thanks for the suggestions DreymaR. I would definitely like to see your modified images.
#9 Re: General » I made some Wikipedia like keyboard layout images » 02-Mar-2007 04:26:41
I think the reason why the Wikipedia article was deleted was because the Colemak layout was deemed as "non-notable" by Wikipedia standards. In order for a Wikipedia article to exist, there has to be independent sources (e.g. newspaper articles, scientific studies) written about the subject of the article. So until the Colemak layout gets some more press coverage, I don't think we will have any luck at having a permanent article up on Wikipedia.
See the following link for more information on what is considered notable on Wikipedia:
#10 Re: User contributions » Colemak vs. Qwerty Frequency Diagrams » 02-Mar-2007 04:04:44
Update: I decided to create a diagram for the Dvorak layout as well.
Dvorak
I think it illustrates some of the known problems with the Dvorak layout, such as the placements of UI and RL, as well as the right hand bias.
#11 User contributions » Colemak vs. Qwerty Frequency Diagrams » 01-Mar-2007 01:26:58
- Checkit
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Hello all,
Today I decided to see if I could produce some sort of visual representation to show the difference between Colemak and Qwerty. I took the image of the Colemak layout from the Colemak homepage and brought it into Photoshop in order to make frequency diagrams for both Colemak and Qwerty.
Here are the results (click for larger image):
Colemak
Qwerty
As you can see from the diagrams, the majority of the keystrokes for Colemak are clustered around the home row, whereas the keystrokes in Qwerty are more or less randomly positioned throughout the keyboard. The diagram also shows Qwerty's strong left hand bias.
==Methodology==
I took the following letter frequencies from the Wikipedia entry:
e 12.702%
t 9.056%
a 8.167%
o 7.507%
i 6.966%
n 6.749%
s 6.327%
h 6.094%
r 5.987%
d 4.253%
l 4.025%
c 2.782%
u 2.758%
m 2.406%
w 2.360%
f 2.228%
g 2.015%
y 1.974%
p 1.929%
b 1.492%
v 0.978%
k 0.772%
j 0.153%
x 0.150%
q 0.095%
z 0.074%
I took the frequency for the most frequently occurring letter (e - 12.702%), divided all the other frequencies by that number, and multiplied by 100, in order to get a number from 1 to 100 that represented the relative frequency of each letter. Those relative frequencies are:
e 100
t 71
a 64
o 59
i 54
n 53
s 49
h 47
r 47
d 33
l 31
c 21
u 21
m 18
w 18
f 17
g 15
y 15
p 15
b 11
v 7
k 6
j 1
x 1
q 0
z 0
The Greyscale slider is a tool in Photoshop that represents colour on a continuum from 1 to 100, with 1 being pure white and 100 being pure black. I then used the Paintbucket tool in Photoshop to fill in each key on the diagram, setting the Greyscale slider value to the calculated relative frequency number of the letter. The result is that each key is darkened according to its relative frequency in the English language.
I was hoping that these diagrams might help people to visualize just how much of a difference exists between Colemak and Qwerty.
Comments?
#12 Re: General » Colemak Portable » 28-Feb-2007 23:13:27
Thanks AGK! Knowing that I can use Colemak on another computer (work, school) without having to install anything makes me feel a lot better about my decision to learn Colemak.
#13 Re: Technical » I miss my Caps Lock key... » 12-Nov-2006 17:22:11
Is it possible to run the Colemak install without switching the Backspace key and the Caps Lock key? What would happen if I opened up the "Caps to Backspace.reg" file and deleted all the contents before running the install package?
The reason why I'm asking is because I use a Kinesis keyboard, and the Backspace key is located in such a beautiful and comfortable position that it would be foolish to switch the Backspace key and the Caps Lock key. I understand the value of doing the switch for someone using a regular keyboard, but it doesn't make any sense in my case.
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