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When comparing CODE vs Maltron Letter Layout, the Slant community recommends CODE for most people. In the question“What are the best keyboard layouts for programming?” CODE is ranked 12th while Maltron Letter Layout is ranked 14th.
Specs
Bottom Row Key Freq.14.8%
Consecutive Same-Hand Keystrokes (L/R)28.6%/71.4%
Home Row Key Freq.53.4%
Left Index Finger Travel19.1%
Left Index Finger Usage11.3%
Left Little Finger Travel0.9%
Left Little Finger Usage6.4%
Left Middle Finger Travel14.8%
Left Middle Finger Usage11.4%
Left Ring Finger Travel0000005.1%
Left Ring Finger Usage7.8%
Number Row Key Freq.0.0%
Right Index Finger Travel30.2%
Right Index Finger Usage15.5%
Right Little Finger Travel15.8%
Right Little Finger Usage10.5%
Right Middle Finger Travel5.6%
Right Middle Finger Usage13.2%
Right Ring Finger Travel8.6%
Right Ring Finger Usage8.6%
Spacebar Row Key Freq.15.3%
Thumb Usage15.3%
Top Row Key Freq.16.5%
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Pros
Pro Good for Vim users, since `LHJK` are together
Pro With little lateral motion
Pro It is ergonomic
Pro Punctuation is also optimized
The comma and period are more frequent than KVJZXQ.
Pro E on the thumb
E is the most used English letter by far at almost 13%.
Pro Highly optimized for frequency of use
This includes di- and tri-graphs, as well as the individual letter frequency.
Cons
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Con Requires a physical keyboard
The Maltron layout requires an expensive physical Maltron keyboard. Most layout options are a simple change in software, to remap existing keys. (Touch typists mostly don't look at the labels anyway.) But there's no way to add the required thumb keys for this layout in software.