Longtime Dvorak user here. Some comments: - I almost always use my ring finger for 'L', including when typing 'ls', which is fairly comfortable. I only use pin

Longtime Dvorak user here. Some comments: - I almost always use my ring finger for 'L', including when typing 'ls', which is fairly comfortable. I only use pinky when coming from a letter that needs the ring finger. - 'F' is indeed in a terrible spot, I don't know what the Doctor was thinking with that one. - I use the setting on the Mac that leaves Cmd- shortcuts in QWERTY, so that's a non-issue. - I've never had a problem using Dvorak with Vim. In particular, I like how 'jk' and 'hl' are on different hands. - As for speed, I type much faster in Dvorak (~100 wpm) than I did in QWERTY (~60 wpm), but that may be because I learned it around the same time I started typing a lot more frequently, so take that for what it's worth. Overall I agree that Dvorak isn't optimal but I wouldn't say the jump from Dvorak to Colemak is comparable to the one from QWERTY to Dvorak. Plus, I don't have nearly as much time/interest as I used to for learning a new layout. :P