I switched to Dvorak in early 2007. Happy with it, so far. Took me about 2-3 weeks to surpass my Qwerty typing speed. I also retained my Qwerty typing skills.

I switched to Dvorak in early 2007. Happy with it, so far. Took me about 2-3 weeks to surpass my Qwerty typing speed. I also retained my Qwerty typing skills. Was it worth it? Hell yes! Caveats: - hotkeys are a mess, especially on Windows (though last time I had windows on my personal computer was also in 2007), things might have changed. - they are an even bigger mess if you use second language layout. On windows in Dvorak layout hotkeys were at new key positions (not very comfortable but expectable), but in Russian Cyrillic (ЙЦУКЕН) layout they are where the keys were in qwerty!!! - Dvorak has no sense on smartphones - People who occasionally have to do something on your computer hate you.