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[Joey2216]

So I recently decided to switch from Qwerty and start learning Dvorak.

Has anyone else gave learning another keyboard a shot? Discuss your thoughts/experiences.

[Lüt]

I had to use Azerty when a friend from France came over with his laptop.

 

I kept linking people to sites like zzz.sourceforge.net or zzz.imdb.com or zzz.doomzorld.com.

[grayswandir]

I switched over to dvorak a while ago. I bought the stickers you can put on your keys that show both in different colors. It took me like, a month or two, before I was fully settled in.

 

Nowadays I keep the keyboard normal so I can type in qwerty if I have to. Otherwise I just touch-type dvorak.

 

Once my dvorak speed got up to par, I definitely felt that it was much easier to type overall.

[Joey2216]

I have upgraded

 

 

 

[nicklegends]

I use the Dvorak layout.



I know there's no proof that the layout is faster than QWERTY, but I like the idea of using a keyboard that was at least designed for efficiency. After a few years of practice, I'm almost as fluent in Dvorak as I am with QWERTY.
I find the most difficult aspects of Dvorak to be re-learning keyboard shortcuts and typing the proper vowel consistently. (The latter is tricky because all the vowels are typed on the home row by the left hand.)

[thepsynergist]

I enjoy QWERTY because I've been using it since I was 8.  Changing now, almost 20 years later, would probably only make it more aggravating to type.  As it is, I type at 80 WPS on a good day (when my hands don't freeze up (probably some form of premature arthritis)), so I feel as though I'm efficient enough.

[Joey2216]

I have became pretty familiar with mtgap (the layout in the pic) I want to get to at least 70 wpm before I quit practicing it.

[Joey2216]

This is my current setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Joey2216, 23 December 2016 - 12:20 AM.

[Anthus]

I've used Qwerty my whole life so switching now would feel weird. I don't think any one keyboard layout is better or worse. If you find a certain layout you like, or one that works for you that's all that matters.

[Joey2216]

I've used Qwerty my whole life so switching now would feel weird. I don't think any one keyboard layout is better or worse. If you find a certain layout you like, or one that works for you that's all that matters.

 

Yeah, I don't know how worth it is for the average person to switch layouts. But I do think qwerty is pretty bad and shouldn't be taught in school anymore. But that will never happen because it's the standard and not many ppl care.