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been typing Dvorak 15+ years and have no problems, typed QWERTY for 20
years before that,
Dvorak is on all computers and is readily avaliable,
and best of all, it works for me
Bob
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008, ericsc4 wrote:
> I was thinking of switching to DVORAK, but just recently I found out
> about COLEMAK. Now I might switch to COLEMAK instead. What is
> everyone's opinion on the COLEMAK layout? http://colemak.com/
>
> Also here is a link to a wiki with usage diagrams comparing QWERTY,
> DVORAK, and COLEMAK.
> http://tinyurl.com/64g9mz
>
> I'm especially interested in what experienced Dvorak users think of
> the layout. And maybe a counter argument from the pro-DVORAK side on
> what might be wrong with COLEMAK and why DVORAK is better.
>
> Below is some text taken from the Colemak website:
>
> What's wrong with the Dvorak layout?
>
> * Placing 'L' on the QWERTY 'P' position causes excessive strain
> on the right pinky. Colemak doesn't place frequent letters where the
> pinkies stretch.
> * 'F' is on the QWERTY 'Y' position which is a difficult stretch
> on normal keyboards.
> * 'I' is very frequent but isn't on the home position.
> * 'R' is very frequent but isn't on the home row.
> * It is significantly lopsided so that the right hand does too
> much work.
> * It's not comfortable to use Ctrl-Z/X/C/V shortcuts with the left
> hand while holding the mouse with the right hand. Colemak conserves
> those shortcuts in their QWERTY positions.
> * Even though the design principles are sound, the implementation
> isn't optimal because it was designed without the aid of computers.
> * 'L' and 'S' form a frequent same-finger digraph on the right
> pinky. Same-finger for the pinky is very rare in Colemak. In
> particular, Unix commands such as 'ls -l' are very uncomfortable to type.
> * Some punctuation (in particular the curly/square brackets) is
> less comfortable to type on Dvorak. This affects mainly programmers
> and advanced Unix users.
>
>
> Is it worth switching from Dvorak to Colemak?
>
> The Colemak keyboard layout fixes all the issues mentioned above, and
> wins in virtually every criterion, but the difference will be less
> noticeable than the difference between QWERTY and Dvorak. The switch
> won't be as easy for veteran Dvorak users. If you're generally happy
> with Dvorak, you should probably stick with it.
>
>
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