So I was thinking to myself today, “When would I ever use the Typing Analzyer?” The only situation I can think of would be if I got into some kind of argument over which keyboard layout was best, and even then I think I’d be kind of hesitant to play that card. Oh well, I think this project is one of those ones that is neat to make, but isn’t really that useful. Hopefully it can give passer-byers a couple minutes worth of amusement or possibly get someone to check out an alternative keyboard layout.

Besides questioning the relevance of what I’ve been doing, I’ve also made a few updates:

• Added “Left Hand Dvorak” and “Right Hand Dvorak” layouts
• Updated layout graphics
• Added the Shift and Tab keys into the calculations
• Fixed the IE issues (I’ve gotten in the bad habit of only checking my work in FireFox)
• Added a personalized keyboard layout to the output

I stole the last idea from Tritonio, who created his own app for layout generation. I thought the idea was really really cool so I put it in (I’ll make sure and give you a link on the app’s page, once I straighten out the “Other Typing Resources” section). Right now the generated layouts are kind of silly, though they have some semblance of being correct.

I aim to finish up this app next week. I’m going to tweak a few things and then add in some stats and pie charts on finger usage. After that I’m going to move onto a new web app. After a brainstorming session earlier this month I’ve got a collection of neat ideas I want to explore. Part of me wants to do a web app a month until the end of the year, but I don’t want to set goals I’m not sure I can complete. I’ll do the next one and then decide where to go from there.