Re: Re: Anybody here fluent in both Dvorak & QWERTY

This is a good point. I sometimes prefer QWERTY on my Datahand
actually. This is partly because the keyboard layout gets really
messed up when you switch it but also because the nature of the
keyboard sometimes makes it more comfortable to use the different
fingers more equally, even though they're not all so strong.

Tom

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Steven Marzuola <[email protected]> wrote:
> I tried Dvorak for a few months, around 1996. Using QWERTY I have
> timed myself at 60-90 wpm. Using the Dvorak layout, I never made it
> past 30 or 35. Then I started working at a customer's office, where I
> didn't feel that I should change things. Finally, I was making too
> many mistakes and felt like I was wasting too much time trying to
> adjust back and forth.
>
> I want to keep up with what's available -- not only different layouts
> but different physical keyboards. That's why I read 'altkeyboards'.
> But this post summarizes why the Dvorak layout doesn't work for me:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/altkeyboards/message/3512
>
> Steven
>
> --- In [email protected], "mailorderspam"
>
> <mailorderspam@...> wrote:
>
>> I may have to abandon Dvorak and just go QWERTY again to gain speed
>> and accuracy in QWERTY, but I hate to do that. Any suggestions from
>> anybody who has fluency in both layouts? I've heard there *are* who
>> retain fluency in both.
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