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Regardless of whether Dvorak is better on physical keyboards, it is definitely worse when it comes to soft keyboards, which are on the rise. I wrote about it he
by macrael 16y ago
Regardless of whether Dvorak is better on physical keyboards, it is definitely worse when it comes to soft keyboards, which are on the rise. I wrote about it here: http://macrael.com/blog/qwerty_rides_again.html http://macrael.com/blog/qwerty_rides_again.html but the gist is that since Dvorak puts frequently used characters next to one another, it makes it more difficult to recognize different words' patterns (think swype) which is what makes the autocorrect so good on today's phones.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoSurely it's only a matter of time before someone takes the concept of the iPhone keyboard or Swype and figures out a way to get improved input or error-correction rates by throwing out the legacy QWERTY layout. It's only with the introduction of the iPad that you can even type with all your fingers anyway, and even then only in perfect conditions. Dvorak makes as little sense as Qwerty for one finger pecking on a tiny phone, it's just that people are used to using Qwerty in situations when it's non-optimal (i.e. anything but mechanical typewriters that are susceptible to bar jams if two nearby keys are hit quickly in succession). Where's the one handed Dvorak keyboard for Android, or a chording keyboard that uses multitouch? I don't want Dvorak, I want the same kind of ingenuity and applied science as Dvorak used to create new solutions.
- william42 16y agoPersonally, I think touchscreen layouts should start making more commonly-used keys bigger in accordance with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts_law