> Is it really possible to improve 42 years typing practice with a new layout? Definitely NO, the reasons I have written down in another branch of this topic.

> Is it really possible to improve 42 years typing practice with a new layout? Definitely NO, the reasons I have written down in another branch of this topic. Maybe your grandkids would have a chance to get rid from a layout with "typewriter" word on an upper row for some marketing goals. > - Is it possible to be proficient in two keyboard layouts at the same time? I know a guy who uses Programmer Dvorak for emacs and QWERTY for rest of his life. It is hard to understand why he is doing so but I know this is possible. Maybe he just wants to get rid of anything except emacs :) > - If you get accustomed to a non-standard keyboard layout, isn't it a problem if you have to use some other computer (where you cannot change the layout) for whatever reason, for example in an Internet cafe? Yes, typing QWERTY is a problem for me, but there are not any Internet cafes nowadays. I mean if I need to enter my email into somebody's device I will do it in one-finger mode while everybody thinks I am kidding. If it is needed to write more than one line on somebody's PC there are always some ways to negotiate.