I'm don't think I'm getting at what you're saying. It looks like the normal keyboard you would get with your normal PC or something. The only thing different is it doesn't have the number pad or anything like that. I guess though that I will say yes in the fact that I do know how to use that style...
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Wow, Dvorak might be easier for people who are learning to type keyboard for their first time compared to the qwerty, but the qwerty is most well known and I think it is easier for people with long fingers.
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It would suck to reprogram your keyboards and remove and replace the key letters.
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well, who cares what the letters on the keys are, you only use dvorak if you are a touch typist.
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Eh, I think that having a visual reference as normal keyboard's key labels would be conveniant for one learning to use the different layout, as would be the case of use for the majority of people.
My brother'd been talking to me about Dvorak a couple months ago, and a little before that I had decided I was interested in learning it mostly to see how long it would take me to adapt to a different key layout, but I'd since forgotten about it.
edit: And using Wiki's picture of the remapped keyboard, I'm doing better than I'd expected after a couple minutes of practice.
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EzDay281: It only takes about 2-3 weeks to get up to 32wpm if you're learning from nothing.
Well, I never said that my example was particularily significant. Although I do imagine that it'd be more popular if it didn't take more than a few minutes to adapt to.
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I don't know if I'd have the patience to do it. I'm already slightly retarded because I'm a lefty with the mouse, and I made a significant effort to become a righty, but in the end, I couldn't follow through because it was too much of a hinderance.
So yeah, I've heard of it, but I could probably never do it. I'm a creature of habit too, so that's another minus
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Dvorak is a lot easier than learning Qwerty in a year.. or 4 months for the little grade nines in my school (who are getting taught formally by a teacher).
Sure, that may be the case, but most people have been taught to use the Qwerty format, and after having gotten used to being able to type decently, they don't want to put up with the learning process again. Hell, I'd probably be using Dvorak right now if I had a way to relabel my keys. =P
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Whoo, typing this entirely in Dvorak. After having rearranged the keys on my keyboard.
... I always have trouble finding the 'k' key.
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Relatively ancient and inactive
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Interesting... This seems to be more efficient then Qwerty, which I like. Not that I have many problems, but it would still be fun to try another one.
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I like qwerty because I can type 'sweater dresses' with one hand.
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I've only ever used QWERTY. I can touch-type about 80-90 wpm. Learning Dvorak would be interesting, though.
I know someone with a Dvorak-style keyboard on their laptop, they can type pretty fast.
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