# Typing techniques & the Model 01

**URL:** <https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-techniques-the-model-01/213>\
**Category:** Typing & Ergonomics\
**Created:** [December 1, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-techniques-the-model-01/213 "2016-12-01T00:59:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Celtic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/celtic/32/193_2.png) [@Celtic](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Celtic)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-techniques-the-model-01/213/21 "2016-12-12T06:48:19Z")

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> [@andrewg](#):
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> Doing a little research for the BÉPO thread, I came across this, which suggests that 6-on-the-left is common French practice:
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> (Perhaps @celtic can confirm?)

I confirm 🙂

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**Author:** ![andrewg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/andrewg/32/43_2.png) [@andrewg](https://community.keyboard.io/u/andrewg)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/typing-techniques-the-model-01/213/22 "2017-01-10T17:13:15Z")

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> [@andrewg](#):
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> I’m testing this idea out on my kinesis at the moment. If anyone is interested in how I get on, I can report back.

OK, nobody expressed any interest, but I’ll report back anyway. 😃

One month ago I mapped both my work and home kinesises (kineses?) with a rolled-left number row - that is 6 on the left hand, and -= on the right hand. As a dvorak user -= mean to me, which was one of the main motivations for finding a way of keeping those two keys in place.

I have to say it has been a consistently frustrating experience. Maybe it’s because the number row being in the standard Kinesis location (i.e. same as the default Model01) is so ingrained, or maybe it’s because 1 is just so hard to hit (particularly when typing “!”). And as a linux geek it has been consistently annoying to find # and $ in the wrong places; I’m only starting to get the hang of it now. I learned to type Dvorak faster than that.

Also, having spent some time visualising non-English keymaps I have come to the conclusion that the only layouts where the = key has a strong case to stay in the top right are Dvorak and Hungarian.

So to sum up: the benefits are minimal for significant pain. I’m calling a halt.

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