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I've never tried DVORAK but from what I know, QWERTY was specifically designed so mechanical typewriters don't jam due the speed of typing. And if true, this re
by juliusseizure 17y ago
I've never tried DVORAK but from what I know, QWERTY was specifically designed so mechanical typewriters don't jam due the speed of typing. And if true, this reason alone means DVORAK is faster. Anyone can confirm or debunk this theory I've heard?
- omouse 17y agoIt's been de-bunked before. The only studies suggesting that DVORAK was faster were done by the people who created the DVORAK layout. Their study was apparently also flawed.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoAnd the de-bunk has been de-bunked in turn. The only people who don't like talking about why better solutions failed in the market place are free market fundamentalists. The source of all this alleged debunking was an article by economists: http://dvorak.mwbrooks.com/dissent.html http://dvorak.mwbrooks.com/dissent.html
- jmillikin 17y agoQWERTY was designed to prevent jams, but did so by physical separation of the keys, not by slowing the typist. In fact, separating keys increases typing speed by distributing the load over both hands -- try typing "fewer seats are west" to see how annoying placing letters together is.
- baddox 17y agoI think "fewer seats are west" is great fun to type, and not all that slowing. I also like typing "hardware stores are great".