Re: New dvorak user!

welcome,  I've been typing Dvorak exclusively for over 20 years now so it 
does get much better.

what I found that helped was to print out the keyboard layout and tape it 
up on the top of your monitor and just look at that when you need to 
check.

took me about 2 months when I switched after 25 years of touch typing the 
"other" way to get back to my old comfort and speed, in about 6 months I 
was about 20wpm faster and have not had any hand problems since I 
switched.

some people try to retain their old skills but I just let them fade and 
look at the keys when needed.

so hang in there and good luck, I typed this about as fast as you read it 
so you will do well and have a little patience with yourself


Bob.

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Jenny wrote:

> Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:57:11 -0000
> From: Jenny <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [altkeyboards] New dvorak user!
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> Hi everybody. I am typing this very slowly but I'm new here and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jenny and I'm a writer and I'm hoping that learning a new keyboard will help me in a few ways. One, it will teach me to slow down and actually look at what I'm writing and thus reduce my spelling errors. Two, hopefully it will reduce the pain I get in my hands, especially the right hand which I use for the mouse despite being left handed due to the fact that I've always had to use righty mouse in all the places I've used computers in the past (school, library, etc) its just easier that way. But my right hand has paid the price for it. Maybe I'll try changing my mouse too. Finally, I think using dvorak will be a fun experiment, a real change in my routine.
>
> Well that's it, this post took me 40 minutes to write. o-o
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