EPTDvorak keyboard
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Jin
Canada439 Posts
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1INK
United States630 Posts
why? dvorak keyboards are a hassle. i suppose the advantage of typing faster are true though. but remember you can only type as fast as your fingers can move. the goal with dvorak is that the keys you use the most are the closest to your fingers. it really only helps a lot with people that can very quickly move their fingers along a keyboard like without even thinking, because then it becomes second nature and those most common keys are constantly being pressed. if your fingerspeed isn't really good, i don't think it will be that big of a difference, and they are a hassle so i wouldn't do it if i were you ><. i can't imagine having to go to a different configuration because some program or some guy didnt have a dvorak.... imagine how slow you'd be then. | ||
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LG)Sabbath
Argentina3022 Posts
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wasted
Germany1789 Posts
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Wuselmops
Germany346 Posts
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Asta
Germany3491 Posts
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NewbSaibot
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pheer
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Here is what I found, for those of you that are just as confused as I was: Dvorak Keyboard ![[image loading]](http://discover.edventures.com/images/termlib/d/dvorak_keyboard/support.gif) What is it? The Dvorak keyboard is an alternative typewriter keyboard that was designed to replace the popular QWERTY keyboard. Inventor August Dvorak developed the Dvorak keyboard by placing letters next to each other that were commonly occurred next to each other in words. The Dvorak keyboard was found to actually increase the accuracy of typists by almost 50 percent and upped their speed by 15-20 percent. Give me an example! So why wasn't the Dvorak keyboard instantly adopted as the new standard? Two reasons. First, it was 1930 - the first year of the Great Depression - and people didn't have the money to replace perfectly good typewriters. Second, typists were already familiar with the more clumsy QWERTY keyboards and didn't want to learn a new one. | ||
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deoz
United Kingdom41 Posts
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Locked
United States4182 Posts
its not really useful to learn though, mostly because of the fact that QWERTY is used basically everywhere, and the advantages of dvorak are slight | ||
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comabreaded
United States2166 Posts
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draeger
United States3256 Posts
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1INK
United States630 Posts
that'd be interesting to know both configurations wouldn't it? | ||
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LetFly
United States34 Posts
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Wuselmops
Germany346 Posts
On September 21 2005 09:51 draeger wrote: If I ever got that LCD keyboard posted here a while back where you could instantly change your keys to show something else, I'd start trying to learn dvorak in my spare time. Until then, stickies on my keyboard or popping off keys and swapping them just doesn't seem appealing to me. Good point, I hope in future there will be affordable versions of the Optimus Keyboard: ![[image loading]](http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/keyb_001.jpg) http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ | ||
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Krzych
Poland693 Posts
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
On September 21 2005 11:38 Krzych wrote: Did Dvorak take into account that in different languages different letters are used more frequently? Dvorak was designed specifically for use of the English language. I love wikipedia. If you can type pretty quickly, I wouldn't suggest switching to a dvorak keyboard. It'll take a while to get used to all the new locations of the keys, and you'll have to relearn the hotkey placement for SC  . Also, if you finally get pretty fluent in using the dvorak, you'll have a tough time using keyboards for other computers elsewhere, and the chance of them having a dvorak for use instead of the standard qwerty is almost 0. The Dvorak keyboard was found to actually increase the accuracy of typists by almost 50 percent and upped their speed by 15-20 percent. That's true, but according to other tests done, the advantage of Dvorak users were less than 5%. So I guess there's a controversy. Even though many feel that the principles on which the Dvorak keyboard is based should make it superior to the older QWERTY, there is divergent evidence about whether the logic of the keyboard actually translates into faster typing. Although studies performed by Dvorak and his disciples indicate a large advantage in typing speed (40%), other studies performed for the US General Services Administration and independent ergonomics investigations indicate either a small or nonexistent advantage (less than 5%). Edit - screwed up my quotes | ||
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draeger
United States3256 Posts
On September 21 2005 11:40 ieatkids5 wrote: Dvorak was designed specifically for use of the English language. I love wikipedia. If you can type pretty quickly, I wouldn't suggest switching to a dvorak keyboard. It'll take a while to get used to all the new locations of the keys, and you'll have to relearn the hotkey placement for SC . Also, if you finally get pretty fluent in using the dvorak, you'll have a tough time using keyboards for other computers elsewhere, and the chance of them having a dvorak for use instead of the standard qwerty is almost 0.What I've heard from people who use Dvorak on a regular basis is that switching back to qwerty style is not very difficult. As long as you are in the mentality that you are on a different layout, you should be ok. It's like learning a second language. You don't forget your first no matter how long you are away from it. Also, when you get into the professional world you have generally two computers you are going to use: Your home computer and your work computer. Both of which can be customized how you like as long as 1) You're an IT person or 2) You know the IT person. The truth is, though, you aren't going to find your standard businesman using dvorak to type. However if one of our secretaries came to me and said that she wanted to change her keyboard layout, I'd log her in the administrator account and let her do it. Besides your work and home computer, I really don't know too many other keyboards you're going to be using. Yes you'll occasionally be on a friend's computer and sometimes you might be doing a search at Border's or the Library but beyond that, it's very minimal. | ||
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Krzych
Poland693 Posts
But if, on the other hand, you work in an office or something, you should be able to choose a keyboard that suits you. I type with a rate up to 10-11 characters per second and I guess switching to Dvorak wouldn't give me any benefits, since I seem to be limited more by my brain than the speed of my fingers. | ||
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ColdSoup
United States447 Posts
On September 21 2005 10:16 Wuselmops wrote: Good point, I hope in future there will be affordable versions of the Optimus Keyboard: http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Jesus that thing looks like a dman 2X4 I wanna just smack someone in the face with that thing.  | ||
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