I switched to Dvorak two years ago, and though I'm a bit faster, it's not by much. The benefit of Dvorak is comfort, rather than overall typing speed, and that

I switched to Dvorak two years ago, and though I'm a bit faster, it's not by much. The benefit of Dvorak is comfort, rather than overall typing speed, and that's something that can't be easily measured. Most of the time, your hands stay on the home row, and I've noticed that the shorter travel distance for my fingers lets me type for longer periods of time without needing to take a break, instead of just typing faster. I liken it to headphones - when you switch away from iPod headphones to an expensive audiophile pair, you don't notice a huge difference until you have to go back, and what you previously thought was fine now sounds horrible. I used to be fine with qwerty, but now whenever I use it I can't help but notice "wow, my hands are moving all over the place".