I have a macally iceKEY which has almost the exact same tactile response as an Apple laptop keyboard, but it's full sized and USB http://www.macally.com/spec/usb/input_device/iceke y.html. It has working eject, volume up/down, and mute keys, too.
I actually just purchased one of these: http://www.pckeyboard.com/customizer.html in a custom Mac and Dvorak layout and it's an awesome experience to type on. These people hold the rights from Lexmark and manufacture the modern day IBM Model M that is so coveted nowadays.
It's a convenience sample and, therefor, invalid. It's a sample of people that goto cnn.com, and feel the need to respond to their stupid poll, not a good sample of the population as a whole.
Yes, centralized power in government is a bad thing.
I'm sorry, the Mauser Kar98 actually fires 8mm Mauser rounds or 7.92x57mm. Which is essentially ballistically identical to 7.68mm NATO or.30-06 Springfield, though the.30-06 has a little bit better range.
I made the switch about two years ago. It took me about 1.5 months to get back to my old speed on the Dvorak layout, but after 2 months I was 10-15 WPM faster on Dvorak and about 20% more accurate than with QWERTY. During the transition I spent a lot of time on both layouts, using only Dvorak on my main machine at home (2-6 hours a day) and using QWERTY at school and work (4-7 hours). About 2 weeks after I started the switch I began using keyboarding software which helped a lot in improving my speed and accuracy. I still use both layouts regularly on primarily nice IBM Model M keyboards (which help a LOT in improving both speed and accuracy), maintaining a steady 100 WPM on Dvorak and around 65-80 WPM on QWERTY. It's interesting how I can transition from one keyboard layout to another. The change is completely seamless for me, I can be typing Dvorak on my machine upstairs and move downstairs to the server and type easily and quickly on QWERTY. The layout on the keycaps determines which way I type. I've attempted to use the label-less keyboards but failed rather miserably typing in some strange combination of QWERTY and Dvorak. If you make the change don't plan on ever being able to truly touch-type, you will have to look at the keys when you first start typing to get your bearings though you wont have to look at them again until you switch to another layout.
It was a very worthwhile change for me and helped to reduce and eliminate the small amount of pain I was having in my wrists and fingers, and greatly improved my speed and accuracy. If you want to invest the time into learning a new layout, make 100% certain that you continue to use QWERTY regularly while you're learnig Dvorak so you don't forget your old skills.
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I have a macally iceKEY which has almost the exact same tactile response as an Apple laptop keyboard, but it's full sized and USB http://www.macally.com/spec/usb/input_device/iceke y.html. It has working eject, volume up/down, and mute keys, too.
I actually just purchased one of these: http://www.pckeyboard.com/customizer.html in a custom Mac and Dvorak layout and it's an awesome experience to type on. These people hold the rights from Lexmark and manufacture the modern day IBM Model M that is so coveted nowadays.
You == useless clod that nobody understands
Communism doesn't work and, no matter how much you warp reality to your viewpoint, it never will.
It's a convenience sample and, therefor, invalid. It's a sample of people that goto cnn.com, and feel the need to respond to their stupid poll, not a good sample of the population as a whole. Yes, centralized power in government is a bad thing.
I'm sorry, the Mauser Kar98 actually fires 8mm Mauser rounds or 7.92x57mm. Which is essentially ballistically identical to 7.68mm NATO or .30-06 Springfield, though the .30-06 has a little bit better range.
Apparently you've never shopped for used Macs before. . . .
I made the switch about two years ago. It took me about 1.5 months to get back to my old speed on the Dvorak layout, but after 2 months I was 10-15 WPM faster on Dvorak and about 20% more accurate than with QWERTY. During the transition I spent a lot of time on both layouts, using only Dvorak on my main machine at home (2-6 hours a day) and using QWERTY at school and work (4-7 hours). About 2 weeks after I started the switch I began using keyboarding software which helped a lot in improving my speed and accuracy. I still use both layouts regularly on primarily nice IBM Model M keyboards (which help a LOT in improving both speed and accuracy), maintaining a steady 100 WPM on Dvorak and around 65-80 WPM on QWERTY. It's interesting how I can transition from one keyboard layout to another. The change is completely seamless for me, I can be typing Dvorak on my machine upstairs and move downstairs to the server and type easily and quickly on QWERTY. The layout on the keycaps determines which way I type. I've attempted to use the label-less keyboards but failed rather miserably typing in some strange combination of QWERTY and Dvorak. If you make the change don't plan on ever being able to truly touch-type, you will have to look at the keys when you first start typing to get your bearings though you wont have to look at them again until you switch to another layout.
It was a very worthwhile change for me and helped to reduce and eliminate the small amount of pain I was having in my wrists and fingers, and greatly improved my speed and accuracy. If you want to invest the time into learning a new layout, make 100% certain that you continue to use QWERTY regularly while you're learnig Dvorak so you don't forget your old skills.
Sounds like Hero to me.
Well, I can't help with the focus follows mouse problem but there are a few good applications that I can recommend that might prove useful for you. Witch (http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?thema=witch&sp rache=english) will allow you to maximise from the dock and to switch between open windows. Making use of a good launcher like Butler (http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?thema=butler&s prache=english&kopf=labor), LaunchBar (http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/) or Quicksilver (http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/) to quickly open applications or documents. Another interesting application is GeekTool (http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/) which lets you display text files (i.e. logs), terminal output, or images on your desktop. Finally I recommend that you try out TinkerTool (http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html) for changing some of OS X's less apparent settings.