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I switched to Dvorak about 15 years ago. I agree with others here: I switched from being a Qwerty typist with poor form, to a "correct" Dvorak typist. In the
by patsall 8y ago
I switched to Dvorak about 15 years ago. I agree with others here: I switched from being a Qwerty typist with poor form, to a "correct" Dvorak typist. In the end I'm a pretty speedy typist (~130 wpm), but I can still Qwerty well enough that it isn't painful.
However, I think the speed-up can mostly be attributed to forcing me to have a clean slate and learn to type correctly, rather than any intrinsic advantage of Dvorak.
On Qwerty I typed the style I'd evolved since elementary school, and on Dvorak I touch-type like I'm meant to.
- peatmoss 8y agoThere’s something too this, though I also think dvorak has some real RSI related benefits. Case in point, my handwork is a mess of barely legible chicken scratches in English and whatever other latin character using language I might dabble in. By contrast I took Russian in college (i.e. later in life than gradeschool English) and learned cursive script. My handwriting in Russian won't win any calligraphy awards, but it's pretty good.