Interesting. Are you noticeably faster on Dvorak? Do you feel learning Dvorak slowed down your Qwerty typing?
The only thing that annoys me about the Kinesis option I outlined above is that the Kinesis hardware doesn’t allow you to do Programmer Dvorak type things like inverting numbers and symbols—you can only move keys around, you can’t mess with their shift behavior.
Personally, I’ve pretty much always typed with Qwerty—I think I’m pretty fast with it and I don’t want to risk losing that (hard to know ‘cause I make more mistakes whenever I think about the fact that I’m typing—I’m just assuming I must be pretty fast ’cause I type commands in to the terminal to navigate my filesystem, type to journal my thoughts, type to take notes on random stuff, etc. and I rarely get frustrated that I’m typing too slow), it’s nice to be able to use computers that aren’t my standard one, and I’m skeptical that learning a new layout would pay for itself. I had extremely bad RSI symptoms in the past, but thanks to this guide I learned how to reverse them, and nowadays they’re not a significant issue.
Are you noticeably faster on Dvorak? Do you feel learning Dvorak slowed down your Qwerty typing?
No to both by my estimate, but Dvorak does feel (faster, more fluid, smooth). I’m pretty sure that individual dexterity and experience affect (Edit: optimal) typing speed much more than the keyboard layout.
I taught myself Dvorak back in high school with casual practice one summer (possibly a bit longer.) I had minor recurring problems toggling between Dvorak and Qwerty in the classroom for a decent portion of the following school term. So I wouldn’t recommend switching layouts to everyone, especially if they’re already fluent on Qwerty and can’t afford the temporary drop in speed/accuracy.
Interesting. Are you noticeably faster on Dvorak? Do you feel learning Dvorak slowed down your Qwerty typing?
The only thing that annoys me about the Kinesis option I outlined above is that the Kinesis hardware doesn’t allow you to do Programmer Dvorak type things like inverting numbers and symbols—you can only move keys around, you can’t mess with their shift behavior.
Personally, I’ve pretty much always typed with Qwerty—I think I’m pretty fast with it and I don’t want to risk losing that (hard to know ‘cause I make more mistakes whenever I think about the fact that I’m typing—I’m just assuming I must be pretty fast ’cause I type commands in to the terminal to navigate my filesystem, type to journal my thoughts, type to take notes on random stuff, etc. and I rarely get frustrated that I’m typing too slow), it’s nice to be able to use computers that aren’t my standard one, and I’m skeptical that learning a new layout would pay for itself. I had extremely bad RSI symptoms in the past, but thanks to this guide I learned how to reverse them, and nowadays they’re not a significant issue.
No to both by my estimate, but Dvorak does feel (faster, more fluid, smooth). I’m pretty sure that individual dexterity and experience affect (Edit: optimal) typing speed much more than the keyboard layout.
I taught myself Dvorak back in high school with casual practice one summer (possibly a bit longer.) I had minor recurring problems toggling between Dvorak and Qwerty in the classroom for a decent portion of the following school term. So I wouldn’t recommend switching layouts to everyone, especially if they’re already fluent on Qwerty and can’t afford the temporary drop in speed/accuracy.