On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Sharad Birmiwal
<[email protected]>wrote:

> > I think the tool I used may help others too so here is the link
> > http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/index.php?lang=EN_Dvorak
>
> I found such tools to be very unnatural though they might be serving
> the purpose of breaking the muscle memory in the fingers. I would
> argue instead that simply stopping using the us layout completely and
> looking at the keyboard while typing (yes! all websites disagree with
> me though) might be a quicker way of picking up dvorak.

I don't look at the keyboard while typing and thats the whole aim :)

> Then again,
> that is just from my experience. Typing things like "s.x.nd xnm" (from
> lesson 10 of the site) is very difficult for me. Does that mean I
> can't use dvorak? Nope
> On their BBC test, I peak at 130+ wpm but because they keep adding
> unnatural ".;" in between, my speed drops (same as their weird
> constructions in lesson 10).

I think I should be comfortable with those ,/?.;': too.

Use dvorak for daily use, for writing
> emails, for programming.

I agree, but that would clearly cause a drastic drop in productivity.

The moment you switch to us layout, even for
> a moment, you forget a whole lot of dvorak.
>
I don't know about that. I am trying to gradually move on.

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