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Advocating Dvorak

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-not-the-columnist-who-thinks-i'm-his-nemesis dept.

zeroweb writes "A group of three faithful Dvorak promoters have launched new website at DvZine.org. The big thing here is a Comic (available in print, pdf and html) describing the history of QWERTY and Dvorak, how and why one should make the switch, and real-life stories of the converted. If you are thinking about making the switch, this could push you over the edge. My favorite line: "It could be the difference between working in your garden at 70 or wearing wrist braces at 40." As someone who started wearing wrist braces at 23, I couldn't agree more - I read this comic, changed my keyboard layout and have been happier ever since."

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  1. Re:Really? by I_Human · · Score: 1, Troll

    I don't think so.

    Are you serious? QWERTY was designed for old manual typewriters to slow typist down - otherwise when they went too quickly the metal would run into each other and jam up the machine. Dvorak is more suitable to PCs because they don't have to worry about the mechanism jamming up. Here's a web site that might shed a bit more light on it: http://dvorak.i-rox.com/

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  2. Re:I made the switch years ago by Noah+Adler · · Score: 0, Troll

    Have you ever used Dvorak? It's very easy to keep the keystrokes in the right order. Maybe I'm the only one, but I don't find this funny. I even find it a little bit offensive. Dvorak proponents have to deal with ridicule from people too lazy or thickheaded to see the benefit all the time, and it really is quite irritating, particularly when it mostly comes from intelligent people who purport to be [and usually are] open-minded about most things.

  3. Re:Dvorak sucks if you're not American. by mcgroarty · · Score: 0, Troll
    "Dvorak sucks if you're not American."

    Everything sucks if you're not American. America, fuck yeah!

  4. Re:Only going to work if it became standard by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 0, Troll

    NOW I AM THE GOD OF TYPING! BOW BEFORE MY KEYBOARD SKILLS, MORTALS! FOR SOON YOU SHALL FEEL THE WRATH OF BIGTALLMOFO!

    Holy shit, stop bragging. Nobody cares.

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