Re: New to the list
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.hardware.altkeyboards |
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, dracorat wrote:
> I have joined this list because I ran across it in doing some research
> for what is at the moment my most recent step in doing what I feel any
> self respecting computer guru should at least give an earnest effort
> to do --
welcome
> I decided to abandon years of typing Qwerty and go Dvorak cold-turkey
> - as of last Friday.
I did the same about 10 years ago and haven't looked back (don't spell any
better but do it easier)
> I am psyched about making the transition - it just plain makes sense
> to me to do. And I remain psyched in light of the fact that right now,
> I type slow again.
>
> My Qwerty speed was about 50 wpm with approximately 40 errors per
> thousand characters.
>
> Right now, I am still madly trying to learn Dvorak so I have not
> tested but suffice to say that I am mad slow and make many errors.
I made a copy of the layout and taped it to the corner of my monitor..
put little bits of tape over the letters on the keyboard. didn't take
long a few weeks and I was comfortable,, 3 months and I was faster than my
old qwerty speed
good luck
Bob
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