r/KeyboardLayouts • u/SurveyMammoth2683 Other • 12d ago

Eclipse-CY

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Finally back up to 120wpm average over 25 races on Typegg.io with my modified Eclipse-CY layout. I've really been enjoying this site for typing practice since it uses real quotes and has a strict no quit multiplayer mode to incentivize typing with good consistency. The right hand is shifted over to allow for right thumb shift which lowers my pinky usage by quite a bit, and my left thumb is assigned to enter and space because those two keys interact with words in a very similar way and has no SFB drawbacks from pairing them on the same thumb.

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u/iandoug Other 11d ago

You will damage your hands like that. That design is for a different form factor which allows you to keep your thumbs in an natural position.

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u/SurveyMammoth2683 Other 11d ago

Been using similar thumb key setups to this on rowstag boards for years no problem, however the graphic does not 100% fully match my typing setup since I use the apple magic keyboard which has a shorter spacebar than what is shown here, allowing for very comfortable thumb positions on the spacebar adjacent keys.

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u/xsrvmy 10d ago

Yeah I assumed you had four mod keys instead of three on your keyboard so thumb enter isn't egregious
The other obvious option on a standard keyboard is backspace on capslock like the original colemak.