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Colemak (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia, 2026
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- What it is
- The encyclopedia article on the Colemak layout, covering its design as a modification of QWERTY, the home-row share it claims, and the keys it changes.
- How much weight it carries
- Community-edited. The home-row percentages are the layout's own published figures, cited to the Colemak project, and have not been independently measured in a controlled study.
Facts taken from this source
- Wikipedia says Colemak supposedly makes it easier to learn than the Dvorak layout for people who already type in QWERTY, without losing efficiency.
“supposedly making it easier to learn than the Dvorak layout for people who already type in QWERTY without losing efficiency” (Overview)
- The Colemak layout places 74 percent of typing on the home row, according to its own figures.
“74% of typing is done on the home row compared to 70% for Dvorak and 32% for QWERTY.” (Design section)
- Colemak changes the positions of 17 keys from QWERTY, and keeps the QWERTY positions of most non-letter characters and many popular keyboard shortcuts.
“changing the positions of 17 keys while retaining the QWERTY positions of most non-alphabetic characters and many popular keyboard shortcuts” (Overview section)
- By the same comparison, about 32 percent of typing on QWERTY falls on the home row.
“74% of typing is done on the home row compared to 70% for Dvorak and 32% for QWERTY.” (Design section)