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Was not the fastest typer in the world a Dvorak user? http://rcranger.mysite.syr.edu/dvorak/ http://rcranger.mysite.syr.edu/dvorak/ Not exactly a study but it

Was not the fastest typer in the world a Dvorak user? http://rcranger.mysite.syr.edu/dvorak/ http://rcranger.mysite.syr.edu/dvorak/ Not exactly a study but it can't be ignored in my opinion. Disclosure I am a Dvorak user so I may be biased.

lstyls 9y ago
I get what you're saying, but max(f(x)) isn't a very good way to characterize a sampling distribution. It could be that for very few people, Dvorak is blazingly fast while for the vast majority of experienced typists there is zero (or negative) improvement. I have no idea if Dvorak is better or not, but this data point isn't convincing.
- microcolonel 9y ago
  > but max(f(x)) isn't a very good way to characterize a sampling distribution That depends greatly on what your goal is. I would appreciate it if max (or something close to it) was the most common for comparing frame rendering latency (inverse of frame rate) measurements. The large number of fast QWERTY typists could be due to the greater number of overall QWERTY typists, who knows.
  - lstyls 9y ago
    This is not relevant. Frame rendering latency matters because as an end user this effects performance in an obvious and measurable way. The thing you care about depends on the worst case, so it makes sense it that case. I don't type faster because a competitive typist hit a certain wpm.
userbinator 9y ago
Was not the fastest typer in the world a Dvorak user? 150 wpm for 50 min (37,500 key strokes) and attained a speed of 170 wpm using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) system. Her top speed was recorded at 212 wpm. No. http://seanwrona.com/typing.php http://seanwrona.com/typing.php 50 minute typing in English - 174 wpm (870 cpm) - 1st all time (this unofficially breaks Barbara Blackburn's Guinness world record of 150 wpm (750 cpm) over 50 minutes, but is perhaps less impressive because she used a typewriter while I used a computer keyboard). Caveat aside, his peak speed is over 250WPM. If you look at typeracer.com's scores, there are plenty of typists in the 150+ range. I'd also consider myself a fast typist, averaging 150-160 for general English text and have peaked at ~240wpm in short bursts. I use QWERTY exclusively, but on an extremely low-force keyboard.

lstyls 9y ago

I get what you're saying, but max(f(x)) isn't a very good way to characterize a sampling distribution. It could be that for very few people, Dvorak is blazingly fast while for the vast majority of experienced typists there is zero (or negative) improvement. I have no idea if Dvorak is better or not, but this data point isn't convincing.

microcolonel 9y ago
> but max(f(x)) isn't a very good way to characterize a sampling distribution That depends greatly on what your goal is. I would appreciate it if max (or something close to it) was the most common for comparing frame rendering latency (inverse of frame rate) measurements. The large number of fast QWERTY typists could be due to the greater number of overall QWERTY typists, who knows.
- lstyls 9y ago
  This is not relevant. Frame rendering latency matters because as an end user this effects performance in an obvious and measurable way. The thing you care about depends on the worst case, so it makes sense it that case. I don't type faster because a competitive typist hit a certain wpm.

userbinator 9y ago

Was not the fastest typer in the world a Dvorak user? 150 wpm for 50 min (37,500 key strokes) and attained a speed of 170 wpm using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) system. Her top speed was recorded at 212 wpm. No. http://seanwrona.com/typing.php http://seanwrona.com/typing.php 50 minute typing in English - 174 wpm (870 cpm) - 1st all time (this unofficially breaks Barbara Blackburn's Guinness world record of 150 wpm (750 cpm) over 50 minutes, but is perhaps less impressive because she used a typewriter while I used a computer keyboard). Caveat aside, his peak speed is over 250WPM. If you look at typeracer.com's scores, there are plenty of typists in the 150+ range. I'd also consider myself a fast typist, averaging 150-160 for general English text and have peaked at ~240wpm in short bursts. I use QWERTY exclusively, but on an extremely low-force keyboard.