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I recently learned colemak and I'm up to 30-40 wpm with it, but I noticed I can no longer type in QWERTY. What the hell? I keep getting them all confused and my qwerty WPM fell from 100 to about 20. I stumble every few letters and can't remember which button to press anymore. Then after typing a URL or something in qwerty, it takes me like an hour to recover and get my speed up in colemak again. Please advise. This basically renders my typing skills useless.

I wish I didn't have to switch, but I prefer colemak and use it work, but I share a computer at home so it must be in qwerty.

Any suggestions on how to separate them in my mind would be greatly appeciated.

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What OS are you using at home? Set up a simple macro or something on the desktop that allows the keybindings to be reconfigured quickly. Don't multiple accounts maintain multiple keybindings in Windows? – jcolebrand Mar 14 '11 at 16:36
I hate to say it, because this is a good question, but this is off-topic. Even though a computer issue led to your post, it's ultimately a biology/psychology question. – Lord Torgamus Mar 14 '11 at 16:38
@LordTorgamus is right, this post is also subjective and difficult to answer correctly, as everyone is different... – studiohack♦ Mar 14 '11 at 17:01
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closed as off topic by studiohack♦ Mar 14 '11 at 17:00

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