Colemak is great, I recommend it.<p>The Extend Layer is layout agnostic, and a total game changer.<p>Give it a try, and enjoy enhanced, comfortable and fluid text editing and navigation at your fingertips.
I started using Svorak A5 (<a href="https://svorak.ahall.se/" rel="nofollow">https://svorak.ahall.se/</a>) the summer before I started college in 2016 (with the standard bindings on the numerical keys as well, so it's redundant). Since I have started using more alphabets I have modified the layout quite a lot over the years. I now have Norwegian, Icelandic and Sami characters as well. I currently bind up to four characters per key.<p>It's really true that the extra layers doesn't disturb at all. Some characters I don't even know where they are, but most I use daily. There are also some that are placed strategically, so that I can find them when i need them (ŋ is Ctrl+Shift+AltGr+N, the ◌̌ dead key is Ctrl+Shift+AltGr+^ and ° is Ctrl+Shift+AltGr+0).<p>I even created a left-handed version once (<a href="https://gist.github.com/widforss/f980baa66d4c99f94adc41b17bd33a2f" rel="nofollow">https://gist.github.com/widforss/f980baa66d4c99f94adc41b17bd...</a>), though I never bothered to learn that one.
I’m hoping the title is a reference to this excellent game from Xbox Live Arcade days: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Extend_Extra_Extreme" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Extend_Extra_Extreme</a>
Do I get it right that they have 0 (zero, nada) visualization of what the keys of the current layout would do?<p>If so - then it sounds even worse than learning vim arcane spells / motions and bindings.<p>Or are there any h/w alternatives to Optimus Maximus [0]?<p>[0] - <a href="https://www.artlebedev.com/optimus/maximus/" rel="nofollow">https://www.artlebedev.com/optimus/maximus/</a>
If I did not switch to chording with plover, I would try this out. I prefer chording now, but colemak was my layout of choice when I still typed a lot. Layers are more confusing for me than chords, and I find chords + phonetics to be more flexible in most cases.