> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Harrison
> I hesitate to inconvenience myself by learning an alternative
keyboard
> layout. During periods of employment I normally have to use
computers shared
> by others so QWERTY is the only choice. During my
mini-retirements between
> jobs, I suppose I can do whatever I want on the home
computers, but if I
> were going to stray from QWERTY is would certainly design my
own layout -- I
> would feel like I had neglected a creative
opportunity/responsibility if I
> adopted Dvorak or some other pre-existing alternative.
That's pretty much where I am. I'm forced to use what's out
there. Now if I had a choice that I could use for everything,
I'd probably go with my tendency to optimize everything for my
own personal tastes and make my own layout too. To some extent
I've done this with Omni-Roman and Omni-Cyrillic. They are both
QWERTY-based because that's what I'm accustomed to using, but
I've tweaked the dead key and AltGr combinations so I can use
the layout with just about any language, so no need for hotkeys
to switch layouts.