Re: OT: Dvorak keyboard layout

TristanS
> On 2003.02.02 06:54 And Rosta wrote:
> > How do you cope with the problem of moving between different physical
> > keyboards? Even alternating between different qwerty variants is very
> > very disruptive, and having to alternate between dvorak and qwerty
> > wd be catastrophic. But being always able to use dvorak wd be Good
>
> I imagine that because the different qwerty variants are so similar,
> you're more likely to get interference than with dvorak and qwerty. I
> can touch-type on either, though I'm faster on dvorak (because I'm more
> used to it), and make more mistakes with punctation on qwerty (like
> typing W for comma). On the other hand, I keep mixing up R and L on
> dvorak (the keys occupy the same places as the O and P keys on qwerty)
>
> On the other hand, I try to avoid qwerty as much as I can because once
> you've got used to dvorak, you realise it actually hurts
rt [[ C-nn ypf cy & rb frgp d.ae x. cy!

ok -- I'll try it & on your head be it!

but after 20 years of touch typing, dvoraking this is EXCRUCIATING!!!

[[Abev

--And.

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