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Finger 123478910
Usage 7.12% (P84)7.68% (P22)12.18% (P63)11.67% (P30)14.00% (P77)12.58% (P37)8.57% (P37)8.98% (P95)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 0.84% (P56) 0.05% (P20) 2.34% (P88) 0.66% (P50)
Skipgram 4.42% (P35) 0.27% (P50) 2.55% (P55) 0.75% (P15)
No Thumbs Left Space Right Space
Weak-ish Redirs. 1.29% (P84) 0.79% (P58) 1.35% (P93)
Weak Redirects 0.72% (P74) 0.34% (P80) 0.34% (P80)
Other Same Finger 17.23% (P29) 11.96% (P36) 11.96% (P36)
Rolls : Alts 2.09 (P80) 2.02 (P58) 2.20 (P89)
2-Roll In : Out 0.95 (P31) 1.19 (P58) 0.80 (P3)
3-Roll In : Out 0.87 (P32) 0.56 (P11) 1.00 (P48)
Author
BallerBoo
Year
2021
Finger Map
Traditional
Official Website

Boo has similar rhythm characteristics to Colemak, but with lower SFB% and SFS%, lower index finger movement, and more balanced hand usage. Its left-hand vowel block and punctuation make it superficially similar to Dvorak.

Install

Section titled “Install”

Kanata is a keyboard remapper that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  1. Install Kanata by following “Step 1: Set Up Kanata” in Nova’s Kanata setup guide:

    Step 1: Set Up Kanata (Kanata Guide for Alt Layouts)

  2. Download the Kanata config file for Boo:

    Boo

  3. Make sure you know how to type your computer password using Boo.

  4. Run Kanata with the downloaded config file and make sure the layout works as you expect: 

    kanata --cfg path/to/config.kbd

  5. To have Boo activate whenever your computer starts up, follow the instructions to “Automatically start Kanata”:

    Automatically start Kanata (Kanata Guide for Alt Layouts)