Comparison with the original MTGAP layout

[sunaku]

Hi Arno,

Apparently MTGAP 2.0 is not as widely accepted as the original MTGAP, which is generally revered by layout enthusiasts for its roll-heavy "piano" feel. This fact seems to have detracted from Engram's layout comparison as a glaring omission. To rectify this, could you please add the original MTGAP layout (as shown below) to the comparison notebook for the sake of completeness?

 Y  P  O  U  J   K  D  L  C  W
 I  N  E  A  ;   M  H  T  S  R
 Q  Z  <  >  ?   B  F  G  V  X

 y  p  o  u  j   k  d  l  c  w
 i  n  e  a  ,   m  h  t  s  r
 q  z  /  .  :   b  f  g  v  x

The only comparison of the original MTGAP and Engram 2.0 that I know of is this one based on Cryptography bigram frequencies:

https://github.com/bclnr/kb-layout-evaluation/

Thanks.

[binarybottle]

Thank you for the Reddit post and pointer -- nice discussion there!

I tried to restrict my comparison table to layouts that are (1) published online, (2) have a way to install, and (3) are the versions promoted by their authors. MTGAP 2.0 barely satisfies criteria 1 and 2, but does satisfy criterion 3.