I think I could have become proficient at it sooner, but I used a "cheat sheet" (printed my layout for reference) and got used to looking at the reference while typing, which is a habit that took a while to kick. Otherwise, most of the time was spent actually learning how to touch type, because on a regular keyboard I'd never bothered to learn it, and instead typed however I'd picked it up over the years. Besides, when you're using an ergonomic keyboard you should focus on optimizing the layout / shortcuts to your advantage. That usually takes a couple of months, between writing the necessary desktop utilities for usage / modifying your text editor and then using the same to figure out which configuration works the best for you. If it really gels well with you it becomes muscle memory pretty quick.
precompute|2 years ago
I think I could have become proficient at it sooner, but I used a "cheat sheet" (printed my layout for reference) and got used to looking at the reference while typing, which is a habit that took a while to kick. Otherwise, most of the time was spent actually learning how to touch type, because on a regular keyboard I'd never bothered to learn it, and instead typed however I'd picked it up over the years. Besides, when you're using an ergonomic keyboard you should focus on optimizing the layout / shortcuts to your advantage. That usually takes a couple of months, between writing the necessary desktop utilities for usage / modifying your text editor and then using the same to figure out which configuration works the best for you. If it really gels well with you it becomes muscle memory pretty quick.