You can learn to touch-type on any keyboard and never ever look at it (actually gets confusing to look), and many where you never have to move your hands around either, before you need to get anywhere near chordal.
The upside of a chorded keyboard is that it can input a lot while using just one hand, and can be fixed relative just to that hand (imagine e.g. typing while holding a bike handlebar, or, again, an aircraft control stick). Normal touch-typing requires active use of two hands, and a steady surface.
As someone who grew up with a Swedish keyboard layout, switched to US when I got a job as a programmer but live in Spain so most keyboards have Spanish physical layouts while I use US software layouts: yes, this is very true for a lot of us :)
nine_k|11 months ago
The upside of a chorded keyboard is that it can input a lot while using just one hand, and can be fixed relative just to that hand (imagine e.g. typing while holding a bike handlebar, or, again, an aircraft control stick). Normal touch-typing requires active use of two hands, and a steady surface.
diggan|11 months ago
As someone who grew up with a Swedish keyboard layout, switched to US when I got a job as a programmer but live in Spain so most keyboards have Spanish physical layouts while I use US software layouts: yes, this is very true for a lot of us :)