[bug?] The heatmap seems to be favouring the left hand keys

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michalprz...@gmail.com

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Aug 20, 2018, 8:50:23 AM8/20/18
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Check the screenshot: https://imgur.com/xX2AuAW

Or profile: https://www.keybr.com/profile/35kprui

Is this ok, what about other keys am I actually training them or just the heatmap is off... ?

vos...@gmail.com

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Aug 20, 2018, 7:43:49 PM8/20/18
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Nope! That's qwerty for you!

Mine looks almost exactly the same and I have a custom wordlist.

If you want a more balanced word list, you can make one and paste it in the custom text field under settings. Keybr specifies in the instructions that it tries to create words that are similar to english because the author believes it to be more helpful for the majority of users (and I think they're probably right, but I've done/read no studies on it so I don't want to commit)

The real question is whether you feel that in your left hand or not. Maybe the backspace and mouse are keeping your right hand busy enough that it doesn't hurt unevenly?

Rafail Karkanis

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Aug 21, 2018, 10:15:26 AM8/21/18
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I second that this is a bug or possibly an (anticipated?) result from changing the construction algorithm of the heat-map.

At first I though it was due to a low samples of certain rate, but Michal has a considerable ammount of typing done here.

Also, in my profile (User-Provided lessons - Wikipedia Articles) the heat-map is almost identical to Michal's.

Yet, I remember that my heat-map was different from my current one.
And I guess Michal's too.

I doubt we have such high miss/hit ratio.
The red circles sure are prominent & the green ones almost non-existent.

What is going on?

Rafail Karkanis

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Aug 21, 2018, 10:17:25 AM8/21/18
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Sorry for double posting.

Want to clear something from my message:
[...] At first I though it was due to a low samples of a certain letter [...]

keybr.com

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Aug 21, 2018, 4:36:45 PM8/21/18
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It was the result of:

1. Unfinished changes pushed to production, and
2. Inherent property of the Querty layout, which favors left side of the keyboard.

I have just updated keybr with a new heatmap. Please take a look how it looks like in my profile for the Dvorak layout.

- Alex
heatmap.png

michalprz...@gmail.com

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Aug 22, 2018, 8:08:06 AM8/22/18
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Awesome, thank You for clarification.
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