Altair-X (4-row) Learning Guide - Page 1

So you now have an Altair-X.

(or are considering obtaining one.)

Most companies would probably leave you stranded at this point - now that they have your money, it’s not their problem.

But I’m not most companies, so I’m here to make sure that you can actually use your Altair-X.

After all, improving the typing experience is my passion.

What does it take?

When I made the jump to ergo for the first time, it was directly from a massive tenkeyless to a 40% ergo known as the Orbit-X.

The physical layout wasn’t as optimized as the Altair-X being one of my earlier attempts, and I also had to create a usable keymap from scratch during the transition.

Even with those difficulties, I was able to make the transition to survivable WPM in roughly a week, and was back to roughly regular typing speed after a month.

With Altair-X, I’ve poured in my learnings into the default keymap to make the transition as painless as possible, and the physical layout has been through far more refinement.

My estimate is that a full transition (back to original row-stagger typing speed) should be possible in roughly a month or less.

I’ll be honest and say the migration won’t miraculously happen overnight - the initial few days especially will be a challenge.

However, once you overcome the initial challenge, you’ll be greeted with the comfort of nearly zero wrist-movement as you type - with all of of the accuracy and speed benefits that it brings.

My personal recommendation is to try to use nothing but Altair-X for the initial week or two - it’ll help dial in your muscle memory, and once it’s in place it’ll be easy to swap back and forth between regular layouts.

So, let’s get started.