1) I photoshopped a photo of my not-dvorak keyboard moving the keys to their dvorak-fr positions
2) I fixed that photo on top of my screen. The physical layout was Azerty (not dvorak) and looking at it was useless. I searched the keys looking at the photo above my screen, not looking at the keyboard.
3) I grew more and more confident, and in a few months I was touch-typing in dvorak-fr - I've since discovered Bépo layout and wish I knew it too.
I'm learning a bit more about various layouts that people use - I'm considering adding a feature to my https://www.typequicker.com/practice where folks can build any layout (and have the hand+keyboard visualization of that layout they built).
Do you think this would be appealing to folks who try alternative layouts? It would involve a bit of work from my end so I want to prioritize accordingly on my TODOs
The work/reward balance may be punishing. I have no idea on the market share of alternative keyboard layouts and no idea where to find it. 1% ? 0.1 ?
I see - that's something I was afraid of. Way before releasing Type Quicker I had actually started working on adding all these layouts but put that on hold to prioritize other things. So far, it seems QWERTY is still like like 99% of users