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Keyboard layout doesn't matter for typing speed. There are endless videos on YouTube of people typing 90+ WPM with two fingers. I use Dvorak at home because it'
by starpilot 8y ago
Keyboard layout doesn't matter for typing speed. There are endless videos on YouTube of people typing 90+ WPM with two fingers. I use Dvorak at home because it's more comfortable and I hope will prevent RSI in the future. I keep my work laptop in Qwerty because sometimes other people have to type on it. I switch between both layouts with ease. My Qwerty typing speed is slightly slower, but that has not had material impacts on my work. I much more enjoy typing in Dvorak. Everything in this article is a non-issue, and for the biggest reason for switching, preventing RSI, he admits, "it might be worth a shot."
- briatx 8y agoUsing an ergonomic split keyboard will do far more to reduce RSI than any particular keyboard layout.
- maxhq 8y agoI second this. Since I use a split keyboard with a trackball placed in the middle my hand and right arm problems are all gone.
- jgalentine007 8y agoI use a 60% keyboard and that solved it for me, reaching for the mouse seems to cause all of my issues.
- byron_fast 8y agoI fixed my RSI with Dvorak, after trying split keyboards, gel pads, exercises, whatever. Cons: That said, after finally learning it I realized that Cut/Copy/Paste will forever be broken for me on Windows. I am now a hunt-and-peck typist on Qwerty, which doesn't bother me. Pros: It's a good security device, like a manual transmission - at least against non-hacker mortals. Programming doesn't really benefit from touch typing. But my touch typing speed without concentrating is much higher with Dvorak. I can type far faster without trying.
- gr__or 8y agoThere's also dozen videos of people finishing Dark Souls with a Guitar Hero controller, yet you don't see people using those in the ESL.