Great question, Dvorak is awesome, but the 'great' thing about Colemak is that the symbols and numbers are unchanged (in contrast of Dvorak). So basically the

Great question, Dvorak is awesome, but the 'great' thing about Colemak is that the symbols and numbers are unchanged (in contrast of Dvorak). So basically the learning curve from QWERTY, should be shorter, and simpler. Another personal thought, is that at least most of programming languages where made with QWERTY in mind, so the symbol usage ([], {}, ; etc) in programming languages is influenced by that too. A symptom of that is many foreign guys using the American QWERTY layout to code. Cheers :D