Re: New dvorak user!

Jenny,

What he said...

It took me about two weeks during a winter break to learn the layout, and then a couple months to become proficient. You may or may not get faster. I was faster much faster. But I'm not writing as much as I once was. (My eldest daughter, A Junior in collage) types at 100 WPM+ with errors, but she is somewhat a freak of nature when it comes to reading and writing.

The biggest difference I've noticed is the endurance, you can type much longer without fatigue.

And don't worry about that other layout. It's just fine when you are all thumbs.

Try to practice words repetitively to get your muscles to get the idea (but take it easy).

Best of luck
Fred


On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:23 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> 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