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I probably wouldn't if I were you. I switched to dvorak in college. My wrists started hurting while finishing a major project. I immediately bought an ergono
by adamtj 16y ago
I probably wouldn't if I were you. I switched to dvorak in college. My wrists started hurting while finishing a major project. I immediately bought an ergonomic keyboard and switched to dvorak. My typing speed was drastically reduced. Some combination of layout, ergonomics and reduced speed fixed me. The science behind the superiority of dvorak is sketchy at best. Now nobody can use my machine. I struggle on others' machines and servers. Ctrl+c,v,x aren't in the right places, so copy/paste is awkward. Key bindings for many programs make less sense. It's also harder to interview for jobs where they want you to type. With dvorak, either your keyboard is mislabeled, or you don't get an ergonomic keyboard, or you use stickers that get gross and oily.
I would learn qwerty if I were you and only switch if you have pain that other, easier fixes don't help.
- kroger 16y agoIt's really a problem to configure a keyboard to dvorak in the workplace these days? It only takes a few clicks to do it in windows, linux and mac. If a user doesn't have the privileges to do so (on windows, for instance) I'd assume it'd be easy to ask someone to configure it. About people not being able to use my computer, I actually like that ;-) but if someone really needs to use my laptop, all it takes is to click on the keyboard layout switch in the gnome panel bar. One click. About Ctrl-C,v,x, for me the key is to have Ctrl where capslock is.