Re: GRE stepping up to bat

There are one-handed Dvorak layouts.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Rhodes, Kate <[email protected]> wrote:

>   I'm hoping you're kidding about having sent that to them because
> honestly this just comes across as some petulant child whining that
> their personal whims aren't being catered to, which is the last thing
> we need in convincing a group that Dvorak is a legitimate and mature
> thing to include. A much more reasonable argument would be the fact
> that after tying for 30 years on Dvorak being forced to type in QWERTY
> would seriously hamper your typing speed and force you to concentrate
> on where keys are on a keyboard instead of the answers to the test.
>
> Also, one handed typists are NOT best served with Dvorak. There are
> keyboard layouts specifically designed for one handed typists, even
> layouts for one fingered typists. Dvorak would be a terrible layout
> for a one handed typists, as your be constantly swinging your arm back
> and forth across the bulk of the keyboard since Dvorak is designed to
> (as much as possible) have each keystroke be under a different "hand"
> as you're typing which is a ton of movement if you're one handed.
>
> -Kate
>
>
> On Oct 25, 2008, at 11:47 PM, gregorystuartgordon wrote:
>
> > In my case that is "not acceptable" I
> > have been typing on a Dvorak for more than 30 years and the mere
> > suggestion that I relearn to use a QWERTY is reprehensible and
> > demeaning to my character. I'd even argue that it was libelous,
> > slanderous, and defamation of character. As I can document I took a
> > voluntary F in public school typing just to avoid the travesty that
> > is QWERTY. I WILL NOT take the test on a QWERTY.
>
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