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You can use Dvorak and QWERTY together. I’ve been using Programmers Dvorak together with QWERTY for 10+ years. Whenever I need to use common shortcuts I switch
by hakanderyal 3y ago
You can use Dvorak and QWERTY together.
I’ve been using Programmers Dvorak together with QWERTY for 10+ years. Whenever I need to use common shortcuts I switch layouts with a simple shortcut, and sometimes do this dance a few times if a few seconds subconsciously as needed.
Typing speed is unimportant, it’s the reduced strain that is the main benefit.
- nashashmi 3y agoSo whenever you are constantly typing, you move to Dvorak? Otherwise you are in QWERTY?
- hakanderyal 3y agoNope, I’m using Dvorak mainly, but switch to QWERTY when I need to use shortcuts with one hand while the other is using the mouse (when designing in Figma etc).
- fallat 3y agoAnother 10+ year user of this reporting in. It's 10000% not the speed but the reduced strain. I used to get bad pain from typing 60wpm in QWERTY for 30 minutes. I can type 100WPM constantly for the whole day with zero pain since the days I switched in college. It took me 3 times to change, but once I forced myself it was great. Edit: And want to clarify from reading other comments: I was a touch typist on QWERTY, had the recommended posture, and even used ergonomic keyboards. The pain happens in your knuckles and back of your hand, not wrists. Zero of that ten years later.