I touch typed only QWERTY until a couple of years ago. Learning Dvorak was hard until I moved all the keys to the Dvorak positions. After I had the hang of Dvorak, I moved all the keys back to their original locations.
I now use almost exclusively Dvorak at home and QWERTY at work and school. Switching isn't a problem, and I touch type with both of them. I'm not sure that my Dvorak speed is any faster than QWERTY, but it isn't any slower either. My main complaint is that Dvorak is really a pain if you ever need to use vi.
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I touch typed only QWERTY until a couple of years ago. Learning Dvorak was hard until I moved all the keys to the Dvorak positions. After I had the hang of Dvorak, I moved all the keys back to their original locations.
I now use almost exclusively Dvorak at home and QWERTY at work and school. Switching isn't a problem, and I touch type with both of them. I'm not sure that my Dvorak speed is any faster than QWERTY, but it isn't any slower either.
My main complaint is that Dvorak is really a pain if you ever need to use vi.