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I'm 'fluent' in QWERTY and DVORAK. Learned QWERTY when I was 13 years old, learned DVORAK around college years. For DVORAK I used Stamina Typing Tutor - https:/
by yboris 7y ago
I'm 'fluent' in QWERTY and DVORAK. Learned QWERTY when I was 13 years old, learned DVORAK around college years. For DVORAK I used Stamina Typing Tutor - https://typingsoft.com/screenshots.htm https://typingsoft.com/screenshots.htm
It was frustrating at first, but within a few months I only made mistakes with very rarely accessed characters.
Since then I've been able to switch between the layouts swiftly. At work I use Dvorak on my external keyboard, but when I take the laptop with me I switch to QWERTY. The switch is a mental flip akin to talking in another language (I'm fluent in Russian and English).
I think the switch is very worth it. If I was re-doing it, I'd probably learn Colemak instead of Dvorak (apparently it's a slightly better choice for some reasons).
- yboris 7y agoJust found my tweet from last year urging people to migrate away from QWERTY: https://twitter.com/whyboris/status/1036300736953544704 https://twitter.com/whyboris/status/1036300736953544704