Re: New dvorak user!

Congratulations on taking the initiative to learn something that most  
of the world has never heard of, and which will benefit you greatly  
for years.

I learned Dvorak after typing with Qwerty for 20 years.  It took me a  
month of slow typing before I could hope to get any serious writing  
done, and another month or two before my speed matched my old Qwerty  
speed.  But after that it was smooth sailing.  I now type much faster,  
and never get the finger and hand pain I used to.  A bonus is, I've  
found I can go back to Qwerty with reasonable speed - much slower than  
Dvorak, but not really bad for short stints.  Occasionally I type at  
someone else's computer, and it's often easier to use Qwerty than to  
switch their key mapping.

Good luck.  It's worth it.  And again, congratulations.

- Steve
Fairfax, Virginia, USA


On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Jenny wrote:

> 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
>
>
> 

- Steve







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