Dvorak. ⇒
17 February 2006, early afternoon
A RoR programer writes about his switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout. Anyone here use that layout when they type?
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i do. and i program in RoR.
by Kenneth on February 17 2006, 4:09 pm #
My old housemate used to. It was fine and dandy until he lost his proficieny with qwerty. I’m sure he would disagree.
by rishi on February 17 2006, 4:53 pm #
I can type wicked fast right now using a qwerty keyboard, but my hands kill all the time, so I wonder if the switch might be worthwhile. I’m not sure I have the paitence to learn to type again mind you.
by ramanan on February 17 2006, 4:55 pm #
I’m going to give it a try.
by The West Coast Express on February 17 2006, 5:09 pm #
it works well. i’ve only been doing it full-time for a month or so, and i still get typos and fumbling for a letter or two, but i’m probably around 50 or 60 wpm already. hands definitaly feel better.
i suggest a good typing tutor and a keyboard you can rearrange.
oh, and lots of patience. it’s probably like learning to walk again or something.
by Kenneth on February 17 2006, 6:04 pm #
i printed out the layout and am using it right now. Its ;uite hard. it does seem like i am getting faster tho. I need to stick the dvorak layout on my current keyboard, that would probably help a lot.
by Krishna on February 17 2006, 6:06 pm #
I switched to an ergonomic keyboard at work and I have thought about Dvorak, but, like Ram, I don’t think I have the patience. (Plus I use a bunch of different computers regularly, so the lure of Qwerty would likely seduce me back ;-).
by Ryan on February 18 2006, 2:08 am #