typing this from a dvorak keyboard

[Infos]

Info

 

[Elledan]

<< can it be used with the natural keyboards? >>

Sure it can. You'll just have to change the keymap the OS uses and perhaps put some stickers on the keys to remind you of which key is which

 

[tweakmm]

<<

<< can it be used with the natural keyboards? >>

Sure it can. You'll just have to change the keymap the OS uses and perhaps put some stickers on the keys to remind you of which key is which >>


I know that I can use it with natural keyboards, but does it make it any less effective because of the split in the middle?

 

[Infos]

No

 

[tweakmm]

<< No >>


no to what?

 

[swai]

dvorak rocks! it just feels sooo much better on the hands

 

[Infos]

The basic principle is that the home row is used for the most common letters...
Therefore you can type faster (even with a split keyboard)

 

[tweakmm]

<< The basic principle is that the home row is used for the most common letters...
Therefore you can type faster (even with a split keyboard) >>


YAY
I think I might look into switching....

 

[Jzero]

<<
I know that I can use it with natural keyboards, but does it make it any less effective because of the split in the middle? >>



THe split is meaningless. You should nver have to reach across the split with either QWERTY or Dvorak.

 

[Looney]

It's suppose to be easier on the wrist too, since all the common used letters are on the home row. I tried it for a few days a few years ago, but just never really got into it. Now that this thread is up, think i'll try giving it a shot again.

 

[polypterus]

Alright, I just switched my keyboard to dvorak. That sentence took about a minute to type. Damn this is really hard. I'm going to stop now, bye.

dc

 

[Superwormy]

Where can I BUY A DVORAK KEYBOARD???? ANYONE WANT TO SELL ME ONE?

 

[Maetryx]

I think what would be really difficult would be really old UNIX based text games like Rogue, NetHack, Larn, Moria, and Angband. I've been playing Moria/Angband variants for over 10 years. If the keys were suddently different I pretty sure my head would explode.

 

[Swag1138]

Im using dvorac as I type now.

It isnt too easy to learn, but I dig the layout.

once I can lable the keys for training, I might switch permanently.


this took me about five minutes to type.

 

[Swag1138]

Man. I was faster than this when I first learned to type

 

[Shermanator]

I tried dvorak for a while, but i gave up cause i'm so used to qwerty

 

[eLiu]

<< QWERTY was designed to <EM>slow<EM> down typers
so the old fashioned typewriters wouldn't jam >>



For real? Wow...

Blah, I type plenty fast on my qwerty *evil glare at dvorak*

 

[Swag1138]

I type about ninety on qwerty, and about nine on dvorac, but I still dig dvorac, for some odd reason

 

[KevinMU1]

You like Dvorak because it's leet LOL