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>I learned Dvorak to help with RSI. That makes sense. >What fascinated me about learning Dvorak was that I felt like a stroke patient. That's a perfect expla
by parfe 15y ago
>I learned Dvorak to help with RSI.
That makes sense.
>What fascinated me about learning Dvorak was that I felt like a stroke patient.
That's a perfect explanation of the learning process. I just don't think people should be playing the stroke patient with their livelihoods.
- barrkel 15y agoWoah, that's some massive hyperbole there; learning Dvorak does not risk your ability to earn a living in this industry.
- guelo 15y agoI think he was just referring to the productivity hit during the learning curve.
- barrkel 15y agoYes, because while you're learning one style, you completely forget the other style and are left unable to type fluently. </sarcasm> (I'm still able to type in both.)
- gcr 15y agoI learned dvorak. After doing this for ~2y, I'm much (twice?) faster in Dvorak than QWERTY presently, and am slightly faster than my old QWERTY typing speed.