Relearning Scholes - was Re: New to the list
"Giles Orr" <[email protected]>
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On 2/2/07, Stu <[email protected]> wrote: > The das keyboard is just a gimmick as far as I am concerned > ...[SNIP]... > As for the das, I believe they took a keyboard that normally sells for > about $20 and blanked the keys and bumped the price. I agree that it is primarily a gimmick and I think it would be silly to buy one when you can have an IBM Model M for $5, but at least give them some credit: it's my understanding that they used high quality key switches and it's a well-made product. > Further to using DV - if I have ever had to use some Qwerty for a > short period on someone else's computer, I always hunt and peck so I > won't mess up my DV. I've been typing Dvorak for 13 years now, and I type about 65wpm. Within the last year I've been working at a place where I'm forced to use Scholes - they refuse to install the Dvorak key map and they have Windows's security locked down so tight I can't do it myself. Guess what? In about a week, I was up to 25 wpm on Scholes, and now I'm typing about 35 wpm. Keyboarding isn't a critical requirement at work, or I would have raised more of a stink about the keymap. The recovery of my Scholes skills (such as they are - I think I topped out at 40 wpm) has in no way affected my Dvorak typing. The human mind is a very flexible thing. To those of you just learning Dvorak, don't take this to mean you can/should mix and match!! Cold turkey is the way to go. Wait until Dvorak is _embedded_, then consider relearning Scholes. -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ [email protected]