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i'm going to try dvorak out. i started experiencing rsi symptoms last year and decided to switch my mouse hand to my left hand. it took almost 6 + months to tr

by fady 15y ago

i'm going to try dvorak out. i started experiencing rsi symptoms last year and decided to switch my mouse hand to my left hand. it took almost 6 + months to train my hand to have the precise motion i had with my right (even when using adobe design products) . one year later, i have very little pain, if any. though, after reading this article, i'm now curious to try the dvorak layout. also, i love my apple keyboard and was worried about using something else, as i use them on all my machines, including linux boxes. did some research and found this: http://www.kbcovers.com/servlet/Detail?no=154 http://www.kbcovers.com/servlet/Detail?no=154 ordered three. thanks mattmight.

vacri 15y ago
Colemak is supposed to perform slightly better then Dvorak as a layout, and be easier to learn for a qwerty typist. http://colemak.com/ http://colemak.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Colemak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Colemak
- fady 15y ago
  thanks for the link vacri!
- yoos 15y ago
  Second vote for Colemak here! I spent the first two of my high school years in Japan essentially being homeschooled. I had developed shoulder pain and a ganglion cyst in my wrist due to lots of typing and playing tennis, so I took the opportunity to try both Dvorak and Colemak. I used to average 110 wpm on Qwerty. I started at 30 wpm Colemak and reached 80 in three months. After fourish years, I'm back at 110 wpm, with no more cyst or shoulder pain. I tried Dvorak for a week but disliked that 1) it emphasizes hand alternation (as opposed to Colemak's emphasis on finger mashes) and 2) it was so difficult to type "ls -l".
  - vacri 15y ago
    I haven't actually tried an alternate keyboard layout yet so I can't vouch for it, but Colemak seems to have the edge on Dvorak. I also do the ls -l thing all the time and finally succumbed to just uncommenting the relevant alias in my .bash_rc. 'll' just makes it easier; I don't know why I resisted enabling the alias...

by fady 15y ago

vacri 15y ago

Colemak is supposed to perform slightly better then Dvorak as a layout, and be easier to learn for a qwerty typist. http://colemak.com/ http://colemak.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Colemak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Colemak

fady 15y ago
thanks for the link vacri!
yoos 15y ago
Second vote for Colemak here! I spent the first two of my high school years in Japan essentially being homeschooled. I had developed shoulder pain and a ganglion cyst in my wrist due to lots of typing and playing tennis, so I took the opportunity to try both Dvorak and Colemak. I used to average 110 wpm on Qwerty. I started at 30 wpm Colemak and reached 80 in three months. After fourish years, I'm back at 110 wpm, with no more cyst or shoulder pain. I tried Dvorak for a week but disliked that 1) it emphasizes hand alternation (as opposed to Colemak's emphasis on finger mashes) and 2) it was so difficult to type "ls -l".
- vacri 15y ago
  I haven't actually tried an alternate keyboard layout yet so I can't vouch for it, but Colemak seems to have the edge on Dvorak. I also do the ls -l thing all the time and finally succumbed to just uncommenting the relevant alias in my .bash_rc. 'll' just makes it easier; I don't know why I resisted enabling the alias...