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Learning Dvorak Keyboard Layout

  • 07-11-2012 04:23PM
    #1
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm currently working to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout to hopefully increase my wpm, I'm finding that the necessity to use qwerty in work is probably hampering me a bit because I have to keep switching from one to the other (I often have to type up a few thousand words pretty quickly, so slogging through in dvorak wouldn't be anywhere near fast enough, though I'm using it for all non-urgent typing.

    I was wondering if anyone had retrained themselves like this, and if they'd found it worth the hassle in the long run.


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  • #2
    Snowbat
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    I switched to Dvorak almost 10 years ago. I also had quite a bit of typing to do in work at the time and found it difficult to jump between layouts so I put Dvorak on hold and waited for a holiday period to do some intense practice and go cold turkey on QWERTY.

    General consensus on the altkeyboards mailing list is that some people have the ability to jump easily between both layouts and
    others do not. If you can handle it, go for it. The real benefit of Dvorak is not the small increase in WPM but in the significantly reduced finger gymnastics, allowing you to type in comfort for extended periods.

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/altkeyboards/
    http://dvorak.mwbrooks.com/


  • #3
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Snowbat wrote: »
    I switched to Dvorak almost 10 years ago. I also had quite a bit of typing to do in work at the time and found it difficult to jump between layouts so I put Dvorak on hold and waited for a holiday period to do some intense practice and go cold turkey on QWERTY.

    General consensus on the altkeyboards mailing list is that some people have the ability to jump easily between both layouts and
    others do not. If you can handle it, go for it. The real benefit of Dvorak is not the small increase in WPM but in the significantly reduced finger gymnastics, allowing you to type in comfort for extended periods.

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/altkeyboards/
    http://dvorak.mwbrooks.com/

    Yeah, I'm really noticing the strain in my hands after typing a couple of thousand words in Qwerty.

    I'm not having too much trouble switching back and forth, it's just that Qwerty is so much easier, after years of using it, that it's hard not to get frustrated and switch back.


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