Jon Rust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 4 October 2000 at 08:00:56 -0700
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 10:13:09AM -0500, Brett Randall wrote:
> <snip>
> > point-and-click most WB users like, but I personally like keyboard
> > functionality more, even if the standard QWERTY keyboard sucks arse big
> > time). Hey that's an idea. Why don't we change the standard Windows client
> > to a ported GNUS and change the keyboards to Dvorak's! That should increase
> > work efficiency by about 400%!
> >
> > Oh well, to dream of the future
> >
> > /BR
>
> Urban legend. There have been studies that show QWERTY isn't all that
> bad. _The Economist_ in particular ran a story about a study comparing
> Dvorak and QWERTY and found no advantage either way.
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=196071
Thanks for the pointer; I know I've seen several debunkings of the
Dvorak claims, but I couldn't lay hands on one quickly when Brett's
claim came through.
> The misconception comes from the statement that the keyboard was
> designed to slow typists down. Not quite. It was designed to prevent the
> hammers from getting tangled up. Doing so doesn't necessarily mean the
> typist will be slower.
All the very-fast typists I know use Qwerty (and I know one who tests
over 150 WPM).
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