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Canonical name	keymacs.en.ansi
Language	English
Form factor	Slab : ANSI
'Author'	Axel Author data may not be correct, we're working on it.
Keys horizontally staggered	Yes
Letters on thumb (lower and upper case)	0
Avoids AltGr for standard characters	Yes
Does not move non-character keys (ANSI/ISO)	Yes
Maintains QWERTY 'shift' pairs	Yes
Maintains QWERTY top row (ANSI/ISO)	No
Uppercase on same key	Yes
Conventional home keys, fingering, Space, Enter, Shifts, AltGr	Yes
Maintains QWERTY ZXCV	No
Maintains Colemak punctuation	No

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Changes from QWERTY (1873)

Changes from Modified Blickensderfer (1892 / 2012)

Changes from Dvorak (1936)

Changes from Colemak (2006)

Changes from MTGAP (2012)

Changes from HIEAMTSRN (2014)

Changes from Uciea Vanilla (2021)

Changes from Poqtea-qp (Autogenerated, 2021)

Similarity

Ancestor	Score
QWERTY (1873)
Modified Blickensderfer (1892 / 2012)
Dvorak (1936)
Colemak (2006)
MTGAP (2012)
HIEAMTSRN (2014)
Uciea Vanilla (2021)
Poqtea-qp (2021)
Maximum

Keymacs is most similar to

Layout	Score
keymacs2.en.ansi	22.00
vukeys-swapped-mod-ian-2.en.ansi	12.50
box-x.en.ansi	11.25
dvorak-untangled.en.ansi	10.50
jnsf.en.ansi	10.50
three-vanilla.en.ansi	10.25
alphametric.en.ansi	10.25
klausler.en.ansi	10.25
dvorak-original-numbers.en.ansi	10.00
dvorak.en.ansi	10.00

Keymacs is least similar to

Layout	Score
bvofrak.en.ansi	3.00
halmak.en.ansi	3.25
xpert-express.en.ansi	3.50
hands-down-alt-sym.en.ansi	3.50
wordslow-sf.en.ansi	3.50
nirvana-opt.en.ansi	3.50
eaton.en.ansi	3.50
bgrassy.en.ansi	3.75
another-method-non-mirrored.en.ansi	3.75
sclarb.en.ansi	3.75

Scores

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

Metric	Percentage
Finger-based metrics	47.09
Word-based metrics	54.04
English	44.73
Code	53.87
Proglish	49.72
Words metric for no same-finger	54.04
Overall score	49.41

All layouts (447)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	keymacs.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	47.09	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54
Words	noel.en.ansi	17.40	54.04	whorf.en.ansi	100.00
Average	noel.en.ansi	24.35	49.41	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.08

All ANSI (333)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	keymacs.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	47.09	full-maks-minimo.en.ansi	78.62
Words	noel.en.ansi	17.40	54.04	whorf.en.ansi	100.00
Average	noel.en.ansi	24.35	49.41	full-maks-minimo.en.ansi	83.79

Conventional ANSI (253)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	keymacs.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	47.09	g-ansi-maks.en.ansi	72.45
Words	noel.en.ansi	17.40	54.04	whorf.en.ansi	100.00
Average	noel.en.ansi	24.35	49.41	uciea-gcsv.en.ansi	79.94

Conventional ANSI + QWERTY shift pairs (213)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	keymacs.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	47.09	g-ansi-maks.en.ansi	72.45
Words	noel.en.ansi	17.40	54.04	whorf.en.ansi	100.00
Average	noel.en.ansi	24.35	49.41	uciea-gcsv.en.ansi	79.94

Comparison to other layouts

keymacs.en.ansi

colemak.en.ansi

mtgap.en.ansi

workman.en.ansi

dvorak.en.ansi

norman.en.ansi

qwerty.en.ansi

Best ANSI

full-maks-minimo.en.ansi

whorf.en.ansi

Worst ANSI

noel.en.ansi

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	keymacs.en.ansi	98.07	70.52	115.03	119.27
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	keymacs.en.ansi	101.17	88.61	113.94	100.74
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	keymacs.en.ansi	99.00	75.55	114.56	114.78
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	keymacs.en.ansi	47.09
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	46.53

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	keymacs.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Overall fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	47.09	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:

aehnorst

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 that as on at he are not or an her has one she so there other than no then these those see three too another here set	of and in is was for with it be by i his from had which have were this but you their they all been will who would more its up can him out into 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 that as on at he are not or an her has one she so there other than no then these those see three too another here set

of and in is was for with it be by i his from had which have were this but you their they all been will who would more its up can him out into 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
aehnorst	647	2678	12	northeastern

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
aehnorst	13109	857	19	seventeenth-century