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I use Dvorak to prevent repetitive strain injury. Do you have any evidence that it helps? ("I don't have RSI" does not count. I don't have it either, and I don
by rimantas 16y ago
I use Dvorak to prevent repetitive strain injury.
Do you have any evidence that it helps? ("I don't have RSI" does not count. I don't have it either, and I don't use dvorak).
- niels_bom 16y agoTwo individuals' experiences is hardly what I call evidence :) And even if there are studies, I suspect it will probably depend on the individual as well, as do a lot of health-issues.
- tome 16y agoI don't know any links to hard data, but from what I recall there are a few studies. If it's useful to you, then my personal experience is as follows: * I used to have RSI badly. * I read stuff on the internet about RSI. * One of the suggestions was to use Dvorak. * I started using Dvorak. * I took some other mitigating actions like getting a different chair, tilting my keyboard back and taking more typing breaks. * I noted that touch typing Dvorak was much more comfortable than touch tying Qwerty. * I haven't had RSI for ten years. The cause and effect is not directly obvious, but I'm certain that Dvorak helped me to some extent. The downside is: three weeks of frustration whilst trying to learn it, and occasionally having to switch keymap on an unfamiliar computer.
- ent 16y agoI actually had a similar reason for switching to das, a layout optimized for the finnish language. I was starting to get wrist pain while typing, started to take notice of my posture and switched to typing with das. Typing feels more natural and I can notice a huge difference to typing with qwerty (which I can still almost touch type). Again, I can't really say anything definite about the cause and effect but I can recommend giving a better keyboard layout a try.