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I've used Dvorak for the past few decades. As suggested by one of the other comments, it took about 2 weeks to learn well enough to get back to my normal speed
by ken 6y ago
I've used Dvorak for the past few decades. As suggested by one of the other comments, it took about 2 weeks to learn well enough to get back to my normal speed (>80wpm).
It makes a massive difference in comfort. 5 minutes typing at full speed on QWERTY and my wrists start to hurt. (I really don't know how people do it.) On Dvorak, I can type all day at full speed with no pain at all. Surprisingly, the keyboard hardware itself doesn't seem to matter.
(Details: I mostly use a Mac, with caps lock mapped to control, NSRepeatCountBinding set to ^u, and -- obviously? -- I rarely touch the arrow keys.)
- Izkata 6y ago> 5 minutes typing at full speed on QWERTY and my wrists start to hurt. (I really don't know how people do it.) Wrist-bending to maintain the home row, I suspect. I have a different, self-taught style that partially involves holding my hands above the keyboard and using muscles all along my arms to move my hands without bending my wrists much - never had any problems.
- cheerlessbog 6y agoIn my case switching to a keyboard with each hand at an angle (Microsoft Natural Keyboard) changed my life as the pain went away like a switch.
- ken 6y agoIt sounds like you're describing standard typing posture. Is your wrist position different than that somehow?
- hydroxonium 6y agoSame here. Dvorak is so much more ergonomic than QWERTY. Wrist discomfort with QWERTY completely disappeared upon switching to Dvorak.