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Thanks Sam this is the sort of feedback I was thinking of when I posted the original question. Do you find the switch (to Dvorak) was worth it in the end? Wer

• SamReidHughes 9y ago
  I can't remember much about the switch -- I switched when I was a freshman in college (13 years ago) and the main reason for doing so was to be l33t. It was difficult for one homework assignment but I got myself acclimated to it by playing a video game that required rapid text-based communication with teammates. I'd been trying to switch and had practiced the layout in high school. The main issue with it is that if you're typing one handed, Qwerty is actually better. Because of the iPhone and iPad, I'm used to using Qwerty on a touch screen, which means I need both layouts enabled when using a Windows tablet. Sometimes annoyances come up, like Ubuntu's installer having you type your disk encryption passphrase before configuring the keyboard layout. You don't realize what happened until you've booted into your new system, and now you've got to figure out how to type on a Dvorak layout your passphrase that you'd defined using Dvorak on a Qwerty layout. Another annoyance is every single freaking time you have to setup the layout. An underacknowledged advantage of Dvorak is that underscore is on the home row. I could switch back to Qwerty any time I wanted (I'm typing with it right now just to make a point of it) so I guess that means I believe Dvorak is worth the minor annoyances.