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I switched when I was a teenager and have Thoughts (TM) about typing Dvorak, though I'm locked in at this point. The most painful experiences typing with it are
by Karrot_Kream 2y ago
I switched when I was a teenager and have Thoughts (TM) about typing Dvorak, though I'm locked in at this point. The most painful experiences typing with it are:
1. Using a shared machine for something important. I've had to hand write and then hunt-and-peck essays on shared machines when I was still in college.
2. Typing something on a friend's computer when I'm inebriated. Not a huge problem nowadays with phones and being older, but in college trying to change the playlist when I was inebriated on a friend's QWERTY layout was... tough to put it mildly.
3. Piloting the Media PC with my partner. She types QWERTY and I don't. I keep Dvorak around as a second layout and switch if I need to do a lot of typing on the Media PC.
There's lots of both pros and cons of using Dvorak in my experience but at this point I'm so locked in that I'm not going to switch. But in my adult life, I never have to use a shared machine either so I'm always a few feet away from a Dvorak keyboard.
- WorldMaker 2y agoIt's also interesting how #2 is shifting in recent years. These days it is more likely to be someone handing you their phone to change a Spotify playlist and while I touch type Colemak, I tend to swipe type QWERTY on phone keyboards, so it's not as tough now than when it was someone's laptop/desktop running the playlist. Also, Apple Music's SharePlay is such an interesting modern approach too, where multiple people can control the same playlist from multiple devices.