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But also a fair amount less finger motion (I did test this to my own satisfaction some years ago) for a given set of text. And qualitatively, I do think that ha

But also a fair amount less finger motion (I did test this to my own satisfaction some years ago) for a given set of text. And qualitatively, I do think that has translated into less wrist strain. I’m not a particularly fast keyboardist, and I don’t particularly care about the speed differences of dvorak vs. qwerty. But, I do quite appreciate what I believe to be real ergonomic benefits. My wife switched a few years ago and claims also improved wrist comfort. But nobody would ever choose a dvorak keymap if they were solely interested in that 1-2% speed benefit (I don’t know where this number came from, but I no reason to doubt it).

zZorgz 9y ago
I believe there is a lack of proof the ergonomic benefits are significant outside of typing tests which are very unrealistic to day to day tasks (unless you have a pure typist job). A bias also exists when many people that switch layouts never touch typed well or properly in QWERTY to begin with, or lose comfort awareness as they forget how to type well in QWERTY. I speak as someone that touch types equally well in QWERTY and Colemak, and think time would be spent better sticking to or learning QWERTY better.