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How much better is Norman than QWERTY? I am learning Dvorak right now but I miss keyboard short cuts!

• lelag 10y ago
  As I wrote in response to another comment, I think Dvorak is still the best qwerty alternative because of it's ubiquitousness. Once you make the switch to an alternative layout, having to write on a qwerty layout becomes very unpleasant. Unfortunately, it is often common that you have to type on a borrowed system and you want a layout you can easily switch to. Dvorak layout is standard in all operating system whereas most alternatives are not and requires additional drivers / setup files. While most people will let you change a system settings for a while, it will be frowned upon if you start downloading strange software from the internet... Switching to Dvorak and back on any modern OS take less than 20 seconds so it's not an issue to setup even for a short time.