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the concept is interesting but i doubt it'll catch on. for reasons similar to why dvorak didn't. using this will require a learning curve, which will mean sub
by noodle 16y ago
the concept is interesting but i doubt it'll catch on. for reasons similar to why dvorak didn't.
using this will require a learning curve, which will mean substantially slower, more frustrating use before your typing becomes faster. and for most of the masses, immediate expediency is preferred. most people will likely switch back to normal keyboards before they actually successfully learn to type on this.
as a side note, i love swype. its similar to this, and doesn't have the same "relearning how to type" issue.
- silentbicycle 16y agoDvorak didn't catch on? I haven't seen an operating system in years that didn't have Dvorak available as an optional keyboard layout, and I know several people (self included) that use it. It's not the default, sure, but there's still a critical mass of people using it. There's value in that, much like there's value in a good keyboard-alternative for touchscreens.
- noodle 16y agoyes, people use dvorak. there's good reason to use it. but to say it has "caught on" (aka popular) is questionable.
- Loic 16y agoJust a reminder for people wanting to try Dvorak. If you have some spare money on the side, trying Dvorak with a Typematrix keyboard is really worth it. I did the switch, it was painful for 2 months, but now (one year later I think) it is so natural that I wonder how I was able to type on a qwerty standard keyboard before. I will buy another 2030 as spare part, just in case of Typematrix is going broke.
- silentbicycle 16y agoKeyboard choice is a whole other conversation. :) By all means, get a nice keyboard, but you don't need a new keyboard (or labels) just for Dvorak. I didn't have a hard time finding a keyboard I liked, but it took me a while to find a mouse - I eventually settled on the "Kensington Expert Mouse" trackball (http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Expert-Optical-Trackball-64325/dp/B00009KH63/ http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Expert-Optical-Trackball-64...). There aren't a whole lot of left-handed trackballs, and none I've seen have mouse wheels. This one is ambidextrous, the ring around the ball is also a wheel, and it's got four buttons.
- jonknee 16y agoDvorak caught on like Esperanto "caught on". If you're a user yourself you probably know other users, but otherwise you can go your whole life and not encounter it. I doubt more than a few percent of people would even know what Dvorak means, let alone use it. The only reason there's OS support is that another key binding is trivial. How many computers come with a Dvorak keyboard as an option? That's much less trivial and would be a sign of critical mass. Google pretty much agrees, there's a paltry 144k results for Dvorak: http://www.google.com/search?q=dvorak+%2Bkeyboard http://www.google.com/search?q=dvorak+%2Bkeyboard Swype already has 325k. Not bad considering Dvorak had a 70+ year head start.
- silentbicycle 16y agoHow many computers come with Linux as an option? (And how many still would if installing it wasn't significantly cheaper for manufacturers?) As alternatives go, it's pretty established. Also, while I know where you're coming from, Esperanto isn't a great example - Dvorak is just as expressive as Qwerty, it just doesn't bend your fingers up as much.
- jonknee 16y ago> How many computers come with Linux as an option? (And how many still would if installing it wasn't significantly cheaper for manufacturers?) A lot more than come with Dvorak. It also isn't typically cheaper with the way Microsoft charges OEMs. If you're exclusively MS you pay less per copy. There's no QWERTY pusher out there putting the squeeze on Dvorak.
- silentbicycle 16y agoLast time I checked, computers running Windows, OS X, Linux, or BSD all come with Dvorak.
- Manabu 16y agoI agree that Esperanto isn't an great example, as it gives more than 40 millions of results on google (7 millions of them if you search only for pages writen in esperanto), much more than Dvorak. And you imply that esperanto is less expressive than some other language? What language would be that? And from where you got this impression/finding? Or you just afirm it like it was truth having never researched on the subject? I'm sure that languages based on the roman alphabet are much less expressive than the chinese or japanese, because it is so simple, small and somewhat artificial, isn't? IS NOT!
- pontifier 16y agoAs far as I can tell, the PS3 has no DVORAK option for usb keyboards. I am so mad at sony.