Dvorak is natively supported by both Windows, as well as the Mac. I believe Colemak has instructions on their website http://colemak.com/ http://colemak.com/.

Dvorak is natively supported by both Windows, as well as the Mac. I believe Colemak has instructions on their website http://colemak.com/ http://colemak.com/. My experience (I switched to Dvorak about 6 months ago) is that you really need to be typing a lot before you get to type as fast as what you used to type. Even after 6 months I'm still not as fast in Dvorak as I am in Qwerty. I have to say it's definitely easier on the wrists though :) Here's what I did to switch: - Switch all the keys on the keyboard of just one of my computers - Only that pc was dvorak for about a month - Lots of typing on typeracer (at least half an hour every single day) - Slowly start putting stickers on the keys (to force myself into touchtyping with dvorak - After a month I installed DVAssist at work (this way I can quickly switch between 'this needs to by typed _now_ (qwerty) mode' and 'Typing a bit slower gives me more time to think about the solution mode') - I think after four months I switched entirely. (I still use DVAssist but that's mostly for pair-programming.) I found the following things to be the most difficult: 1) Passwords (I barely 'know' my passwords, I just know the rythm...) 2) Windows (When using DVAssist it's always a surprise what keyboard layout is in use at the logon screen)* * This does not happen if you just set two keyboard layouts in windows. You can switch to other layout with a keyboard shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT).