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Canonical name	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox
Language	English
Form factor	Split : Ergodox / Kinesis
'Author'	Philipp Kiefer Author data may not be correct, we're working on it.
Keys horizontally staggered	No
Letters on thumb (lower and upper case)	2
Avoids AltGr for standard characters	No
Does not move non-character keys (ANSI/ISO)	Yes
Maintains QWERTY 'shift' pairs	No
Maintains QWERTY top row (ANSI/ISO)	Yes
Uppercase on same key	No
Conventional home keys, fingering, Space, Enter, Shifts, AltGr	No
Maintains QWERTY ZXCV	No
Maintains Colemak punctuation	No

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Scores

Scores are percentages relative to the best layout for each metric.

Metric	Percentage
Finger-based metrics	89.76
Word-based metrics	95.27
English	91.32
Code	82.12
Proglish	91.18
Words metric for no same-finger	95.27
Overall score	91.60

All layouts (447)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	89.76	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54
Words	noel.en.ansi	17.40	95.27	whorf.en.ansi	100.00
Average	noel.en.ansi	24.35	91.60	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.08

All Ergo (114)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	qwerty.en.ergodox	43.83	89.76	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54
Words	qwerty-thumbshift.en.ergodox	53.91	95.27	hands-down-gold-ts.en.ergodox	98.80
Average	qwerty.en.ergodox	47.25	91.60	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.08

All Ergo, uses AltGr (72)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	qwerty.en.ergodox	43.83	89.76	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54
Words	neo2-us.en.ergodox	54.10	95.27	hands-down-gold-ts.en.ergodox	98.80
Average	qwerty.en.ergodox	47.25	91.60	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.08

Comparison to other layouts

hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox

colemak-thumbshift.en.ergodox

mtgap-thumbshift.en.ergodox

dvorak.en.matrix

maltron-us-90.en.ergodox

qwerty.en.ansi

Best Ergo

hands-down-gold-ts.en.ergodox

maks-ex.en.ergodox

Worst Ergo

qwerty.en.ergodox

qwerty-thumbshift.en.ergodox

Finger based metrics

Finger based metrics, as determined with Keyboard Layout Analyzer, using KLAnext scoring model, and then normalised to ANSI QWERTY = 100.
Lower is better.

English

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	SameFinger	SameHand
Best	maks-ex.en.ergodox	43.87	43.40	32.76	67.01
This layout	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox	48.04	46.97	33.87	78.53
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Programming code

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	SameFinger	SameHand
Best	x1_atreus-44-keys.en.ergodox	54.50	34.56	61.28	80.83
This layout	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox	66.37	47.02	66.66	104.47
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Proglish (an 80:20 English:Code mix)

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	SameFinger	SameHand
Best	maks-ex.en.ergodox	49.22	42.49	44.78	71.55
This layout	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox	53.98	47.00	45.66	84.60
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Overall Fingers score (4 * English % + Code % + Proglish %) / 6

Higher is better. Score is out of 100.

Rank	Layout	Percentage
Best	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54
This layout	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox	89.76
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	46.53

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	hs-indeks-ex.en.ergodox score	Highest	Highest score
Overall fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	89.76	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54

English Word-based analysis

Home Keys Analysis

The Home Keys for this layout are shown with red dots in the first image above, giving the following letters:

aehinorst

Home key common words

Not part of final score.
Which of the 200 most common words are typeable on the home keys.

Words handled	Words not handled
the to a in that is as on it i his at he are not or an this their her has one she its so there into other than no then these those see three too another here set	of and was for with be by from had which have were but you they all been will who would more up can him out we when said them about time if some only also first could two my what over such do may me any like after very most new made your people now between should where years many being our before through much way work did well down back just even because own little make must good under man used both same how still while use last life against know year each us get mr take long part off go day might great never found old gbp right place came during again without come world men end upon think later say few left number away thought until home small different system though around since often called within always every need went

Words handled

Words not handled

the to a in that is as on it i his at he are not or an this their her has one she its so there into other than no then these those see three too another here set

of and was for with be by from had which have were but you they all been will who would more up can him out we when said them about time if some only also first could two my what over such do may me any like after very most new made your people now between should where years many being our before through much way work did well down back just even because own little make must good under man used both same how still while use last life against know year each us get mr take long part off go day might great never found old gbp right place came during again without come world men end upon think later say few left number away thought until home small different system though around since often called within always every need went

Home key words

How many of the 30,000 most common words in the English corpus are typeable on the home keys.
Not included in final score ... layouts with letters on thumb have unfair advantage, and it punishes layouts which opt to keep O and U off the home row.

Home Key letters	English words typeable	Score	Longest word	Example
aehinorst	1060	4713	13	assassination

Word count

Word length

Word count
Word length

No same-finger words

How many of the 30,000 most common words in the English corpus can be typed without using the same finger twice.

Home Key letters	English words typeable	Score	Longest word	Example
aehinorst	22712	1511	19	seventeenth-century