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There's a lot of "I type fast on qwerty so why would I bother switching?" Speed isn't even the main reason I use dvorak. The primary reason is that it's more co
by kbd 15y ago
There's a lot of "I type fast on qwerty so why would I bother switching?" Speed isn't even the main reason I use dvorak. The primary reason is that it's more comfortable to type in.
In addition, as a programmer, a lot of the characters actually happen to be in more useful positions than in qwerty, even though that's not what the keyboard was designed for. '-_' especially is in a better place (home row, right pinky). Brackets are next to parens. '=' is slightly more convenient. Even in VI I find I like a lot of the key positions better.
- thwest 15y agoI spent a year using dvorak and did notice a slight comfort increase. I've since reverted to qwerty due to device inertia. Currently the biggest interface ergonomics problem I am trying to get through is using the mouse less in windows
- dguaraglia 15y agoTry Find and Run Robot. I don't know how well it's aged, I haven't used it for about 3 years now, but at the time it was the best of the free keyboard-launcher programs out there.