> Would it be a major job moving to Dvorak and can you expect big improvements? Yes, it will take a significant amount of effort to change over to Dvorak layou

> Would it be a major job moving to Dvorak and can you expect big improvements? Yes, it will take a significant amount of effort to change over to Dvorak layout. You're unlikely to see speed improvements with Dvorak without continuous effort. However, IMO, Dvorak feels a lot nicer to type with than qwerty. IME: I learned Dvorak around 5 years ago, but switched back to qwerty. A few weeks ago, decided to use Dvorak again. There's a "like riding a bike" quality to it; although I'd recommend against using different layouts with the same physical keyboard. > is it better for the keys programmers use that others don't use so much like += etc IMO no. (They're infrequently used in either qwerty or dvorak, which makes sense to me. I don't notice one as better/worse than the other).