His arguments in favor of text files include: Planck keyboardĭerek Sivers preaches the benefits of living in text files. Note: You can find my configuration for the Planck, here. The customization and Auto-Shift makes it a personalized experience and I am glad I made the switch. The absence of pain and discomfort in my wrists and fingers is noticeable. It is habit-forming and ruins you for other keyboards. When I type on something other than the Planck, I find myself holding down keys waiting for the capitalized letter to appear. Forgetting the Shift key to type capitalized letters is something that I took to easily. However, the idea of using both is a bad one.Īuto-Shift, the ability to hold down a letter for the capitalized version is another bad habit which grows on you and makes it difficult to switch. Will take me a few weeks to get used to it, it is not impossible to go back. I am sure that if I made up my mind to switch, I could. The ortholinear arrangement leads to habits which make it virtually impossible to type on a staggered layout. The Planck destroys your ability to type on a staggered layout. I am assuming it is the Planck but I don’t know the exact contributing factor. I don’t know what is contributing to the lack of pain. Which means that it takes less space and the trackpad is right next to it. The Planck is a small keyboard with 47 keys.Ortholinear arrangement of the keys, means less travel for the fingers.Is it the keyboard? Is it the placement of the trackpad? These are the possible factors: I don’t know what the contributing factor is. That alone makes this a good investment, for me. I have been doing a lot of typing and there is no pain. I have been typing exclusively on the Planck, both on the iMac and on the Air. There is no pain or discomfort in the wrists or the fingers. After using the Planck for more than six months, these are my thoughts on it. A reader asked for a follow up on the experience of using the Planck EZ and I thought it was worth a revisit.