Sabi ni Gabriel noong Feb 7, 2008 8:46 AM: > maybe the question here is, anong benefit ng using devorak from qwerty? will > it improve my typing speed? (I'm a slow typer and ptone to typpo) >
First, a background about the QWERTY layout: it was designed for typists who typed so fast on manual typewriters that the hammers would stick together. When electronic typewriters, and then computer keyboards, were designed, they had layouts that were familiar: QWERTY. Thing is, QWERTY was designed to slow down overspeeding typists, and electronic circuitry is orders of magnitude faster than mechanical levers and hammers. Enter the Dvorak layout. I'll leave it to the Dvorak users to decide whether they're more accurate, but I believe they should be faster on Dvorak than on QWERTY. -- Daniel O. Escasa independent IT consultant and writer contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph If we choose being kind over being right, we will be right every time. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
