It's just a thing. As a US qwerty layout user I've had to use JP while living in Japan. Got into mechanical keyboards and have used a 60% HHKB, 40% Vortex Core (chords), and now a fully programmable ZSA Moonlander of which no one but me could actually type a large set of special characters on.
Then mix in the emacs, vim, kakoune obsession and, well, fluidity in key memorization is king.
Have tinkered with the dvorak layout or similar but can't really commit because that is actually the one thing where the effort curve takes too long to pay off for me.
Then mix in the emacs, vim, kakoune obsession and, well, fluidity in key memorization is king.
Have tinkered with the dvorak layout or similar but can't really commit because that is actually the one thing where the effort curve takes too long to pay off for me.
I turn 44 this month FWIW.