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. -- Anuvrat Parashar http://about.me/anuvrat.parashar -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
