This poll is subject to self-selection problems. People who use QWERTY are less likely to bother responding. I use Colemak, and so answered “Other.”
I’m not sure that I necessarily type much faster using Colemak than I do using QWERTY, but it is far more comfortable in the same way that lounging in a chair feels more comfortable than sitting on a stool. Typing is effortless as compared with typing in QWERTY because of the economy of motion it has with Colemak (and I presume Dvorak as well). I just measured my typing speed at 78 WPM so people can definitely achieve better typing speeds than me with QWERTY if they are dedicated, but I still wouldn’t go back to QWERTY.
This pretty much describes my experience with Dvorak. I’ll just add that my learning hump was a few weeks long; I’d recommend learning an alternate layout during an extended period when your typing efficiency can afford to plummet.
This poll is subject to self-selection problems. People who use QWERTY are less likely to bother responding. I use Colemak, and so answered “Other.”
I’m not sure that I necessarily type much faster using Colemak than I do using QWERTY, but it is far more comfortable in the same way that lounging in a chair feels more comfortable than sitting on a stool. Typing is effortless as compared with typing in QWERTY because of the economy of motion it has with Colemak (and I presume Dvorak as well). I just measured my typing speed at 78 WPM so people can definitely achieve better typing speeds than me with QWERTY if they are dedicated, but I still wouldn’t go back to QWERTY.
This pretty much describes my experience with Dvorak. I’ll just add that my learning hump was a few weeks long; I’d recommend learning an alternate layout during an extended period when your typing efficiency can afford to plummet.