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On Feb 6, 2008 7:04 PM, Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm a DVORAK layout user, although my keyboard is still has QWERTY labels
> on it (I could not convince my wife to switch).
>
> I find the DVORAK layout more efficient. Just try to type the word
> STEWARDESS on both layouts and you'll understand why.
>
> I prefer typing Tagalog on QWERTY (because of our
> Consonant-Vowel-[consonant] combinations) and English on DVORAK. The
> distribution of the letters on the dvorak keyboard is based on the English
> usage.
>
> My two cents.
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2008 9:55 AM, Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
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