> My experience with Dvorak in general has been nothing but positive. My > hands no longer get sore after long typing sessions, and I'm typing > about 3 times faster than I did on QWERTY (though it took a while to > get there).
Maybe Have a look at http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Dvorak/ and jump to headline "My Own Experience". quotes: Was making the switch worth it? Yes, because of the ergonomic benefits. For a period of four or five years, I used the qwerty layout at work (on a shared DOS computer), and the Dvorak layout at home, spending about half of my typing time on each. During that time, my Dvorak speed increased to 90 wpm, and my qwerty speed reached 80 wpm. My accuracy improved slightly on both layouts. On the Dvorak layout, my most common typos are reversing two letters, whereas on the qwerty layout, it's more common for me to hit the wrong key altogether. I think I read that dvorak can make you about 15% faster. This is similar to the results above. So I guess that Ben would have gotten faster using qwerty as well :-) Ben: Have you already been a good typist when switching to dvorak? Sincerly Marc W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
