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There was a big Libertarian propaganda effort against Dvorak around that time. They hate it for the same reason they hate recycling and climate change. It's a
by ZeroGravitas 2y ago
There was a big Libertarian propaganda effort against Dvorak around that time.
They hate it for the same reason they hate recycling and climate change. It's a very visible and popular example of markets not being perfect and needing regulation to perform better.
It's highly likely that your source was in economics rather than ergonomics.
- slaughtr 2y agoDo you have any source or further reading on this topic? The only thing I can readily find is you making similar comments on HN for the last decade, and I’d like to learn more.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agohttps://personal.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/keys1.html https://personal.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/keys1.html Is the original paper that kicked it off, I think there was a few follow ups. This wiki page has a snippet from a site talking about it that is no longer online: https://wiki.c2.com/?TheFableOfTheKeys https://wiki.c2.com/?TheFableOfTheKeys http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/dissent.html http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/dissent.html edit to add: https://reason.com/1996/06/01/typing-errors/ https://reason.com/1996/06/01/typing-errors/ Vs https://dvorak-keyboard.com/anti-dvorak/ https://dvorak-keyboard.com/anti-dvorak/