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I used Dvorak for 5+ years. I eventually stopped for a number of reasons: * Occasionally coworkers or friends will need to type on my keyboards and I grew tire
by sleepydog 8y ago
I used Dvorak for 5+ years. I eventually stopped for a number of reasons:
* Occasionally coworkers or friends will need to type on my keyboards and I grew tired of having to switch back and forth.
* Similarly, using someone else's computer would require me to type QWERTY anyway.
* I've been trying to reduce the amount of custom configuration I have to maintain and backup to the bare minimum.
* It didn't make a difference for me ergonomically. Typing for a long time still took a toll. I saw a much better improvement simply by occasionally changing my sitting position.
- dnautics 8y agoOne time a coworker tried to prank me by posting a silly message to slack on my terminal (I don't usually use my work Mac so I forgot to log it off), and he was thwart d by Dvorak.
- Insanity 8y agoFor me that seems to be the biggets downside. Colleagues occasionally need to use my setup (when looking at a problem together for example). They already complain about me using a 60% board, so I can't imagine putting them through dvorak if they just quickly want to type something. :) But also, I don't see a great advantage to dvorak. I type about 150WPM on qwerty / azerty and mainly use my keyboard (no mouse) so health concerns are taken care off by having a smaller board and no mouse usage. When I do use the mouse, I also have an ergonomic one. So yeah.. I don't see the great upside but see potential downsides at work :)