This project provides a large set of resources for researching keyboard layouts. The Keyboard Layout Project is intended to demonstrate the creation of a customized layout and to provide the necessary tools to customize one’s own keyboard. The problem with stability, though, is that it cannot be customized. However, Colemak is (a) stable, and (b) does not provide the same flexibility as the Keyboard Layout Project tries to provide.Ī widely-used keyboard layout needs to be stable. Colemak is most suited to widespread use. The purpose of this project is not to produce a keyboard layout to replace QWERTY - at least, not immediately.

It is easy to download, easy to learn, and actually more optimized than other alternatives such as Dvorak.īut if Colemak is such a great layout, why does the Keyboard Layout Project exist? I recommend that people learn Colemak, as it is currently the most viable alternative to QWERTY (as well as being one of the best keyboard layouts out there). QWERTY is flawed, and we need something better. Many people spend hours each day typing at their computer, and deserve something more comfortable than QWERTY. The Keyboard Layout Project was originally inspired by the inefficiency of QWERTY, the standard keyboard layout on nearly every computer. Continue research in the field of keyboard layout design. Provide a means for others to design their own optimized layouts.ģ. Find the optimal keyboard layout based on my own preferences.Ģ. Updates on The Keyboard Layout Project may be found here.ġ.

I draw a lot of information for this project from the Colemak forum, which is currently the net’s most active site for keyboard layout-related ventures (especially those related to Colemak).

It is one of the world’s most comprehensive studies on keyboard layouts and pulls together research from various other sources. The Keyboard Layout Project is an attempt to design a fully optimized keyboard layout, with no restrictions.

Coleman keyboard layout