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I'm a Dvorak user. Learning Dvorak didn't help me type much faster. My qwerty was 100, my Dvorak 120. I definitely feel more comfortable typing throughout the d

by RegEx 15y ago

I'm a Dvorak user. Learning Dvorak didn't help me type much faster. My qwerty was 100, my Dvorak 120. I definitely feel more comfortable typing throughout the day than before, though. I use VIM, and the location of the j,k,h,l keys on the Dvorak keyboard do not really hinder me at all. I'll be happy to answer any questions about the transitioning process if you have any. Dvorak is cool, but really, it's just a keyboard layout..nothing to get passionate over.

ericmoritz 15y ago
I got the urge to learn how to touch type in my mid-twenties. I didn't take typing classes in high school because I took programming classes for my tech credits, so I never learned. I started off using Qwerty but found my hands cramping up. I fantasized about getting an ergonomic keyboard to make it easier but I thought it was strange to have to carry my keyboard between work and home (I didn't want to buy two, they're expensive) Looking at the Typematrix keyboards peeked my interest in Dvorak. I was already trying to learn Esperanto at the time, so what the hell, what's one more oddity to add to my list. I did dvorak7min everyday for a week or two and completely switched. I've been touch typing using Dvorak for seven years now. I never had the hand cramping issues I had with Qwerty. I am sure if I tried hard, I could type fast but I enjoy how comfortable Dvorak is rather than the raw speed it would bring. The only side effect of Dvorak was I ended up switching from Vim to EMACS because the hjkl movement keys are no longer on the home row. Don't worry, I gave up that Esperanto thing. I figured that with the amount of effort I was exerting to learn Esperanto I could learn Spanish. I never did learn Spanish.
- RegEx 15y ago
  I was lucky enough to have parents who understood how important it would be for me to be comfortable with computers, despite the fact that they were not tech-savy at all. I was playing Mario Teaches Typing by age 5-6. I upgraded to the more (hilariously) violent "The Typing of the Dead" for my Dvorak endeavors, though ;)

by RegEx 15y ago

ericmoritz 15y ago

I got the urge to learn how to touch type in my mid-twenties. I didn't take typing classes in high school because I took programming classes for my tech credits, so I never learned. I started off using Qwerty but found my hands cramping up. I fantasized about getting an ergonomic keyboard to make it easier but I thought it was strange to have to carry my keyboard between work and home (I didn't want to buy two, they're expensive) Looking at the Typematrix keyboards peeked my interest in Dvorak. I was already trying to learn Esperanto at the time, so what the hell, what's one more oddity to add to my list. I did dvorak7min everyday for a week or two and completely switched. I've been touch typing using Dvorak for seven years now. I never had the hand cramping issues I had with Qwerty. I am sure if I tried hard, I could type fast but I enjoy how comfortable Dvorak is rather than the raw speed it would bring. The only side effect of Dvorak was I ended up switching from Vim to EMACS because the hjkl movement keys are no longer on the home row. Don't worry, I gave up that Esperanto thing. I figured that with the amount of effort I was exerting to learn Esperanto I could learn Spanish. I never did learn Spanish.

RegEx 15y ago
I was lucky enough to have parents who understood how important it would be for me to be comfortable with computers, despite the fact that they were not tech-savy at all. I was playing Mario Teaches Typing by age 5-6. I upgraded to the more (hilariously) violent "The Typing of the Dead" for my Dvorak endeavors, though ;)