On Feb 6, 2008 5:55 PM, Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > -
What about the Colemak layout? -- http://jangestre.wordpress.com
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