Re: Re: [Fwd: GRE Program Case ID 5639912]
"Thomas Levine" <[email protected]>
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Even though they don't touch type, QWERTY-users know the layout of the keyboard better than the layout of a Dvorak keyboard. This is why ergonomics texts recommend QWERTY even if they mention Dvorak. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:50 AM, Keith Ratliff <[email protected]> wrote: > My only advice is to make sure that Dvorak doesn't become the "keyboard > of > wackos" by villainizing us in the public eye. > > --Keith > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:41 PM, gregorystuartgordon < > [email protected] <gregory%40lightoftheworld.com>> wrote: > > > Colin thank you for opening up this caae and thank all of the others > > who have contributed their thoughts and letters. I think that at > > this point we have amassed enough evidence of Systematic Intransience > > to the needs of not only those of us who do use the Dvorak, but of > > all others who would, could and should have learned to type on a > > Dvorak. Host people do as they are told and do not want to make > > waves. Indeed in this case most people do not even know about that > > they have options. > > > > For the mere cost of dual markings on every keyboard sold in the > > world together we could save Trillion of Dollars per year in wasted > > productivity caused by the continued use of the QWERTY keyboard. Here > > is just one fact that I came across in my many yeors as a user and > > advocate of Dvorak use. 95% - 98% of all users of OWERTY keyboards > > do not touch type!!! When I first heard this I was flabergasted. > > That means that the advantages in productivity are exponential. > > > > Cut te the Chase. > > > > I recently (well last year any way) bought a program called > > Jurisdictionary from Jurisdictionary.com (while I did attend Boalt > > Hall Law School I did not finish). It teacehes one how to sue people > > and win. I have not yet studied the program completely but I have > > one more reason to do so now. I am now planning legal action. > > > > I am planning some sort of class action law suit. Members of the > > class in my estimation will be those who have been forced to use any > > QWERTY device agaist their will after the enforcememnt date of the > > regulation that made Dvorak an ANSI alternative standard keyboard. I > > am looking for the best co-counsel that the lure of this certain > > lucre can buy. > > > > If you know of such councel please contact me. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]