Is typing in Dvorak.

I am now typing in Dvorak at ~10 wpm. :)
Just wondering why you chose Dvorak :Y

Cheers... or... "jd..po"

xander333 (641)

I don't get it?
Is Dvorak a language? :)

Athar (4466)

It's a set of optimized keyboard layouts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard

Dvorak is a keyboard layout (like Azerty and Qwerty), designed to be optimal for typing speed.
(Az/Qwerty was designed so that no two 'frequently used' characters were close to each other, because fast typing would cause the hammers to lock in each other. Thus, the Az/Qwerty layout is designed to reduce typing speed by increasing the amount of movement required.)

xander333 (641)

How did you get hold of such a keyboard?
I've never seen it before!

That's the problem: Az/Qwerty is such a widespread keyboard standard that Dvorak never managed to get any decent foothold. It's difficult to find a Dvorak keyboard and it's near impossible to find a Dvorak laptop.

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The latter is the reason I never tried it. I'd love to try one, but the sheer difficulty of finding one (or even two, as I have one for personal stuff and one for work) has prevented that so far.

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Gaminic wrote:
Az/Qwerty was designed so that no two 'frequently used' characters were close to each other

If that were true, why would E and R be next to each other? E is the most commonly used letter in the English language and R is one of the most commonly used consonants. S is even more commonly used and is just below and to the left of E, while T - the most commonly used consonant - is right next to R. Also, (most) people have two hands, and I imagine it would be faster to have letters far apart if they are usually used together, kind of like the difference between single and multi processing.

I suspect this is all viral advertising.

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I highlighted all the instances of E and R adjacent to each other.

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My wording may be off, but here's the quote from QWERTY's wiki entry:

[...]The solution was to place commonly used letter-pairs (like "th" or "st") so that their typebars were not neighboring, avoiding jams. While it is often said that QWERTY was designed to "slow down" typists, this is incorrect – it was designed to prevent jams[4] while typing at speed, yet some of the layout decisions, such as placing only one vowel on the home row, did have the effect of hobbling more modern keyboards.[5]

Never mind, then.

@xander333 I do not have a Dvorak keyboard... I just ignore the key labels...

ne555 (10692)

You've got 10 fingers, use them. ;) left thumb, someday will be your turn to shine
The idea will be looking for alternance (of fingers and hands) leaving the hand in the rest position (second row) most of the time.
However I can't understand why is the 'E' assigned to the left hand.

Also, being the 'A' our second letter is too much punishment for my little finger.

Off-topic: wasd or ijkl
It feels funny to move my character with my right hand.

@ne555,
I use my left thumb for the space bar. I don't think my right thumb gets much use though.

Check this out...
http://www.maltron.com/keyboard-info/maltron-dual-hand-flat-2d-keyboard.html
Amazing use of thumbs

Amazing use of thumbs

Not what I expected to read. Ever.

Well hey! There are 14 keys that you use your thumbs for :D As opposed to 1 on the standard keyboard.

I use my thumbs for the Alt keys too, so that makes it three keys!

Or actually, two, since I never use the right one. Just like I never use the right shift. Right pinky gets no love. NO LOVE.

You don't use your right pinky? D=

I don't think so, but it's hard to check. Any capital letter is done by holding the left shift.
Then again, i'm not a proper typer. My left pinky is always on the shift button. I need it to sprint/jump/unsheathe!