Re: Re: Taking the Dvorak issue into our own hands. No Pun Intended.

marzolian ha scritto:
>> This makes it very unlikely that you cannot use Dvorak on any
>> computer.
> 
> That's not the point.  This all happened before USB memory (flash
> drives, pen drives, thumb drives) became common place.  Or before I
> knew anything about AutoHotKey. 

I know. I just wanted to point to possibilities there are now.

> Besides, I know how to activate
> Dvorak via Windows.
AFAIK, you must be administrator to install the dvorak driver.
The advantage of autohotkey on usb is that you don’t need any special 
right. You just need to be allowed to plug-in a USB key.

> The point is, my office computer wasn't mine.  Someone else in the
> office might have to use my computer for some reason, and so the
> computer needed to stay in Qwerty mode.  I wasn't going to deactivate
> Dvorak any time I got up, or reactivate it when I sat back down.

Sounds like musical chairs to me! :-)
The stereotype in France is that American people are so much more mobile 
that we are. This exceeds any expectations I had! :-)

> Even though that problem has gone away, the Dvorak layout is still
> not the best option for me.

Same here. An additional problem for me is that there is no standardized 
Dvorak like keyboard layout optimized for French.

There is the project BEPO though that seems quite attractive in theory.
http://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil


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