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Yup! I learned Dvorak probably in 1999 or early 2000s (and I have a coworker who also still uses Dvorak). The kind of people (like me) who got into Dvorak at
by warp 5y ago
Yup! I learned Dvorak probably in 1999 or early 2000s (and I have a coworker who also still uses Dvorak).
The kind of people (like me) who got into Dvorak at that time would today probably learn something like Colemak DH, although there are many alternatives available nowadays and a big (discord) scene of folks optimizing and designing both their keyboards and the layouts they use on them.
I expect Dvorak will die with people like me, because anyone willing to switch away from Qwerty is probably better served by other alternatives.
- jasone 5y agoI disagree with your assessment that Dvorak has been obsoleted by other layouts. I used Dvorak 1998-2001, and again since 2018. Before I re-learned it in 2018 I did a bunch of research on Colemak, Workman, and the rich set of other optimized layouts people have created this century. There are compromises in every layout, and I came to the conclusion that Dvorak was within spitting distance of minimally pessimal, other named layouts less so. The caveat to my perspective is that I don't care where hotkeys are. I minimize mouse use, and with both hands on the keyboard it just doesn't matter very much. I've used emacs and vim with both layouts. My faded recollection with respect to emacs is that it was equivocal, and Dvorak is actually a bit better for vim.