Frogpad growing pains

I've been training with the Frogpad now about a hour every other day or so. And I've found it's negatively affected my normal keyboard typing. Basically it's causing a confusion in the circuitry in my brain that responds to what to do when I want to type a certain letter. Whereas before it "hardcoded" on what to do, now it has to first know whether I am typing on a regular keyboard or a Frogpad. There's a term for it in cognitive science, but I can't remember it now. When I learned DVORAK I had the luxury that I intended to give up QWERTY completely, but now with the frogpad I am not sure that's the case. I guess right now I'll just try to learn the frogpad while still staying proficient with DVORAK by switching back and forth. Crossing my fingers...

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