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Explanation:
*Design priorities: what are the principal considerations cited in documents which describe the design process.
*Differences from QWERTY: Of the 30 central keys (3 rows of 10 keys from pinky to pinky), how many are changed from their QWERTY positions?
*Extra arrow keys: Does the layout allow typing arrow keys using a main modifier and main area key.
*Programmer features: Does the layout allow typing ascii punctuation (such as parentheses) in some way easier than QWERTY?
*Math and symbols: Does the layout allow typing mathematical symbols such as ∀, ∑, ⊂, etc.?
*Modifiers: "Main" modifiers are available outside the bottom row and in at least 2 places each. "Aux" modifiers are available in the bottom row only and/or in only one place.
*Dead keys: "Main" dead keys are available without any modifiers. "Shifted" use only 1 main modifier, as defined above. "Aux" use 2 main modifiers or one aux modifier.


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Revision as of 01:37, 5 April 2013

This is a chart of alternative keyboard layouts for typing latin characters. National and specialized versions of QWERTY which do not change the letter keys are not included.

Layout Design priorities Base language, country Created year # changes from QWERTY Backspace location Extra arrow keys? Programmer features? Math and symbols? Modifiers (#core, #aux) Dead keys?
QWERTY Typewriter operation English, US 1870 (approx.) 0 5upper right no no mostly no varies varies
Dvorak Ergonomics (hand alternation) English, US 1936 28 5upper right no varies no 1 main, 1 aux varies
Colemak Ergonomics (total movement, combos); QWERTY learning [1] English, US 2006 17 1center left (QWERTY capslock) no no no 1 main, 1 aux 14 aux; acute accent non-dead
Workman Ergonomics (lateral extension, finger-specific); QWERTY learning [2] English, US 2010 22 1center left (QWERTY capslock) no varies no 1 main, 1 aux 14 aux; acute accent non-dead
Neo Ergonomics (home row, alternation) [3] German, Germany 2010 28 3top right, and shifted alternate yes yes (home-area shifted punctuation) yes 3 main 3 main; 8 shifted; 6 aux
Bépo QWERTY similarity; Ergonomics (combos, home row)[4] French, France 2004-2006 29 1center left (QWERTY capslock) no yes (unshifted punctuation) some 1 main, 1 aux 14 aux
Asset QWERTY similarity; Ergonomics (combos, home row)[5] English, US 2006 15 1center left (QWERTY capslock) no no no 1 main No
Minimak QWERTY learning; Ergonomics (total movement, repetition) [6] English, US 2012 8 default (versions with 4 or 12 available) 1center left (QWERTY capslock) no no no 1 main, 1 aux ??
Qwpr QWERTY learning; Ergonomics (total movement, repetition) [7] English, US 2013 11 2left (QWERTY tab) yes yes (home-area shifted punctuation) yes 2 main 1 main, 2 shifted, 4 aux
JCUKEN Phonetic similarity to ЙЦУКЕН International, USSR 1919 30 5upper right no no no ? ?
Turkish (F-keyboard) Ergonomics for Turkish (letter frequency and hand muscles) Turkish, Turkey 1955 27 5upper right no no no ? ?


Sources:

  1. ^ http://colemak.com/Easy_to_learn , http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?id=39, http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?id=254
  2. ^ http://www.workmanlayout.com/
  3. ^ http://wiki.neo-layout.org/wiki/Paradigmen
  4. ^ http://bepo.fr/wiki/Pr%C3%A9sentation
  5. ^ http://millikeys.sourceforge.net/asset/
  6. ^ http://www.minimak.org/faq/
  7. ^ https://sourceforge.net/p/qwpr/wiki/
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