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> if you only have to use a single keyboard/workstation for all of your computing time consistently. The keyboard itself is irrelevant. I'd recommend getting
by audunw 8y ago
> if you only have to use a single keyboard/workstation for all of your computing time consistently.
The keyboard itself is irrelevant. I'd recommend getting a keyboard without labels to free yourself from the idea that you need to look at them.
All of the time? I don't get this. There's no problem switching between Dvorak and Qwerty if you do it regularly. It's like switching between bicycling and snowboarding.. you just switch the context for your muscle memory. Although you'll probably have a bit higher error rate on the layout you use less
- theandrewbailey 8y agoI've been using blank keyboards[0] at home and work for several years now. Whenever someone just stares at it for a moment, I ask "What? You can't type?" I totally don't get the trend of backlit gaming keyboards. Desktop keyboards aren't supposed to be looked at, period. [0] Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate
- slededit 8y agoYou can touch type the F-keys too?
- busterarm 8y agoI'm a touch typist. I do not look at the keys. The issue is managing the keyboard switch on every single computer and OS that I use. We're talking: Linux workstation at work, company-issued MBP for remote work, my personal OpenBSD laptop, my Windows gaming desktop. The gaming desktop has its own host of issues and might as well be qwerty. And then I'm having to do things on other peoples' workstations constantly (and others mine) and I've only encountered two people in my whole career who use Dvorak. My point is that typing speed is roughly equivalent and it doesn't reap any benefits with all of the time spend managing workstations and context switching between layouts.