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AutoHotkey
I have been using AutoHotkey to do keyboard remapping for more than a year now. It has given me a very significant improvement in typing speed, but more importantly less strain in my fingers.
I do the following remappings:
I don't necessarily expect that everyone will find these remappings useful, but I expect that everyone could benefit from some remappings.
I don't care much about typing speed, but I find hitting wrong keys very annoying, so I simply pull off the keys I never use, like CapsLock and Insert. Works equally well on Mac, Windows and Linux, no special software required :)
I usually pull off the insert and "Windows" keys and most of the keys from the numpad, leaving enough for a second set of arrow keys and not much more.
Oh, I used to do that all the time. Those keys should be relabelled "fuck up whatever it is you were trying to write". Now that I'm a bit better at touch-typing, I don't do that any more, maybe I should (insert still is kinda annoying).
I made the entire numpad the boss key (show desktop). :-D
Wow. You must REALLY like surfing for your unauthorized entertainment!
I use AutoHotKey to type diacritics with my US keyboard.
2nd'd too. I also recommend looking into c't ActiveAid (http://www.heise.de/download/activaid.html). It's a AutoHotkey script collection by the German computer magazine c't, and contains many goodies. The linked page is in German, but the application supports English.
I especially liked it for the excellent Multi-Monitor, Window-Placement, date/time/calendor, notetaking and screenshot support. Most of it is less important with Windows >= 7, but it's still helpful.
I love PhraseExpress. It basically works like Word's autocorrect, but in all programs. I use it a lot to expand short abbreviations into long text, and to autocorrect typos (e.g. 'kr,.' is converted automatically into "Kind regards, <return><return>My Name", and 'teh' to 'the'). I can use it to quickly enter symbols, too: typing 'kruis,.' for example, pops up a menu with different cross-like symbols: ☓, †, ✚, etc. (kruis is Dutch for cross). It can do more - like remapping keys - but these are the functions I use. You can use it to type diacritics too; I normally use the US International keyboard for that, but there is one annoying program I sometimes need to use where that doesn't always work. PE is free for non-commercial use.
Seconded. When I was on Windows I used AutoHotKey like a boss.