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

Keith Ratliff <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:48:24 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.altkeyboards
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have a hard wired keyboard. It pretty much eliminates all the afore
mentioned issues.

--Keith

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 08:16, Marco Amans <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> To Post a message, send it to:   [email protected]
> To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:
> [email protected]! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]