yep. when i used mice i only used a particular microsoft model
if you do decide to try the unshifted symbol layout, be careful with desires to modify it. for example, in standard layouts the ( and ) keys are together, so when typing a function call it's sort of a habit to hit shift and quickly tap them:
fncall()
it's nice and quick to type, so when looking at the programmer dvorak layout you might be tempted to rearrange them just a little bit so that you can keep doing that. the issue is that the goal of dvorak is comfort over a statistical amount of typing, and by making a modification like that you may be sacrificing overall comfort for a tiny burst potential
i mention this because i've seen people make changes like that. the layout is very well-designed. caps lock for example shifts the numbers so it's easier to type long numbers, and it also locks the - into a _, which is desirable when typing constants (MY_CONSTANT)
i actually don't use the layout file on that page because it seems to be designed for (human) languages with many characters, so it has some dead keys and was making some keys such as ` hard to type. i just redid the layout with MS Keyboard Layout Creator http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8BE...
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yep. when i used mice i only used a particular microsoft model
if you do decide to try the unshifted symbol layout, be careful with desires to modify it. for example, in standard layouts the ( and ) keys are together, so when typing a function call it's sort of a habit to hit shift and quickly tap them:
fncall()
it's nice and quick to type, so when looking at the programmer dvorak layout you might be tempted to rearrange them just a little bit so that you can keep doing that. the issue is that the goal of dvorak is comfort over a statistical amount of typing, and by making a modification like that you may be sacrificing overall comfort for a tiny burst potential
i mention this because i've seen people make changes like that. the layout is very well-designed. caps lock for example shifts the numbers so it's easier to type long numbers, and it also locks the - into a _, which is desirable when typing constants (MY_CONSTANT)
i actually don't use the layout file on that page because it seems to be designed for (human) languages with many characters, so it has some dead keys and was making some keys such as ` hard to type. i just redid the layout with MS Keyboard Layout Creator http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8BE...