Re: Natural keyboard vs 'standard' layout. Easiest for Dvorak?

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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Marcus Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:

>   Hand shape is probably as variable as any other human characteristic,
> if not more so. I hope the market never settles on a single keyboard
> shape, because no one shape can be ideal for everyone.
>
> I've been looking thoughtfully at the Kinesis Freestyle models--lots
> of adjustability there. But for me a flat keyboard still seems best,
> and I already have one.
> Cheers,
> Marcus
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:55 AM, [email protected] <Accessys%40smart.net>wrote:
>
> >
> > I went the exact opposite and feel the "natural" keyboard is the best
> > "readily avaliable and reasonably priced" keyboard (kenisis and other
> > exotic keyboard folks excepted)
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Dave Pawson wrote:
> >
> >> I've just replaced a Microsoft 'Natural' keyboard with an imitation
> >> 'old' IBM keyboard,
> >> which by comparison feels very narrow (but rather nice and clunky).
> >>
> >> Using a Dvorak layout seems somehow so much more natural than on
> >> the M$ layout?
> >> Quite possibly since the Dvorak layout was meant to be used with
> >> such a layout?
> >>
> >> Anyone else had that comparison?
> >>
> >> regards
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dave Pawson
> >> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> >> Docbook FAQ.
> >> http://www.dpawson.co.uk
> >>
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