Random thread here, but I was wondering if I was the only one in the community who uses a Dvorak Keyboard, instead of the QWERTY keyboard like everyone else. heres a picture of one.
I doubt that you're the ONLY one, but one of the few. It'll probably take me forever to learn that keyboard.
I'm way too old, and way too set in my ways, to even THINK about switching!Random thread here, but I was wondering if I was the only one in the community who uses a Dvorak Keyboard, instead of the QWERTY keyboard like everyone else
What do you mean by strain?Best of all, no strain!
I have the same questions and also if typing on a Dvorak is any better?
I'd like to make that move - I can get a Dvorak for my phone too - but whenever I use someone else's computer, I won't be able to type properly
I'm way too old, and way too set in my ways, to even THINK about switching!
I'm curious as to what prompted you to even try Dvorak, and to stick with it?
I use qwerty for my tablet, only because I don't/can't touch type on a 7' tablet. I wouldn't recommend it either, because there's like only 1 app that makes android a Dvorak keyboard, and they collect everything you type into the keyboard.I have the same questions and also if typing on a Dvorak is any better?
I'd like to make that move - I can get a Dvorak for my phone too - but whenever I use someone else's computer, I won't be able to type properly
Touch typing, you can just use a qwerty keyboard, because you will never look at the keyboard when you type, you don't need to have the letter on the keys. And most if not all operating systems have the ability to change keyboards.Sorry I thought is thread was about music, New World Symphony Op. 95 is one of my favourites.
Anyway I know about Dvorak layout keyboards though, never seen one though. How would one do a Dvorak layout keyboard on a laptop? Change the OS keyboard preferences, and put sticky labels on the keys, or pulling all the key-caps off and re-arranging them? ...but then do you want left hand optimised or right hand optimised Dvorak?
I learned to touch type without looking QWERTY while at school and college, never found strain to be a problem.
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Here's one I just thought of, how does one input non-Latin characters with a Dvorak keyboard, like Chinese Pinyin IME? Because that assumes you're using a standard US layout keyboard.
RSI. Its a strain in the wrist, you will get it if you type a lot, for long periods of time. From repetitive movements. Its very psychologically painful.What do you mean by strain?
There's a few, but none are that good. I love the Google Nexus keyboard though. I use qwerty. Tablets though.I'm not sure how beneficial a Dvorak keyboard would be on a phone for supposedly reducing strain and possibly increasing speed, unless one is used to the Dvorak layout over QWERTY. I know you can download Dvorak layout keyboards for Android.
I watched this video on youtube. Half of it was about RSI, and after watching, i started to feel strain on my wrist typing. I used to only type with 2 fingers, moving a lot, and that caused my RSI. Since then, i use all 9 fingers ( i have 10, but dont use one for the space bar).
I've always used 10 fingers, too.Now I've never had strain problems when typing. But then I've always used 10 fingers for typing, that's how I learned in the late 70s with a manual typewriter.
Same here. All around. *sigh*These days, I'm getting a bit older but can till type using all fingers with no pain or strain.
Here's one I just thought of, how does one input non-Latin characters with a Dvorak keyboard, like Chinese Pinyin IME? Because that assumes you're using a standard US layout keyboard.
Hey, I just joined the forum and was looking for another topic when I found this. I have been using the Dvorak layout for the last 14 years now. I first taught myself over a summer between school years because I was just tired of being so slow on QWERTY. At first I popped out all the keys and rearranged my keyboard to look like the Dvorak board. But by the end of the summer (about 3 months, like you) I was touch typing at least as fast as I ever did with QWERTY, so I put the key caps back in the standard layout but kept using Dvorak. Now it's the standard board on my machine every time I log in. Anyone else that wants to use my computer has to first change the keyboard to QWERTY before they can type. It makes for some interesting comments when I forget to tell them about it first. Anyway, with QWERTY I used to hit about 30wpm on a good day. It's been a while since I last tested, but a few years ago I was around 60wpm with Dvorak and I never feel any strain or fatigue when typing. I think everyone should switch, but unfortunately QWERTY is so firmly lodged in the culture that I doubt it will ever be replaced.
I'm not sure this even applies to touchscreen when you're only using two fingers/thumbs anyway, but on a traditional keyboard I usually type between 80-120 wpm depending on technicality of the subject, which I've found is more than fast enough to keep up with my brain usually . So for me it wasn't worth trying to switch, but it is an interesting concept!
I'm not sure this even applies to touchscreen when you're only using two fingers/thumbs anyway, but on a traditional keyboard I usually type between 80-120 wpm depending on technicality of the subject, which I've found is more than fast enough to keep up with my brain usually . So for me it wasn't worth trying to switch, but it is an interesting concept!
Sure, you might be right that all things equal there isn't any particular advantage to Dvorak over QWERTY on a mobile phone. But for people like me who exclusively Dvorak on standard computers, grew up on Dvorak, and can't touch-type with QWERTY, it helps a LOT to have the on-screen phone layout match the layout I'm used to elsewhere.
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interesting university paper on claims of dvorak being faster.
im still waiting for telelpathic keyboards to eliminate all strain
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