An intresting link that I found on the subject. http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Dvorak/
Robert LeBlanc -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mr Daniel Dilts Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:46 PM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: Re: [uug] UUG Site Suggestion Box The last I heard, there was no real speed benefit for using a Dvorak keyboard, though, if I am wrong, will someone correct me, please? The reason the current keyboard layout exists was to speed typing on a manual typewriter. The letters were placed such that you wouldn't be likely to type two letters in a row that would cause the mechanical parts in the typewriter to jam. The location of each letter was considered so important by the inventor, I understand, that the patent application showed the letters on each key. So, I wonder if there is anything to these new keyboard layouts. --- Andrew McNabb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We got a spam message yesterday on the UUG site. > The post was entered > into the Suggestion Box, which has the instructions, "You may submit > constructive (or good, old-fashioned destructive) criticism using the > following form. Should you choose to include your email address, it > will not be posted anywhere on the spam-bot infested web." > > How you can talk yourself into entering in an advertisement for a > keyboard layout is beyond me. Seems to me like someone is really > desparate for attention. Anyway, I was able to track down his email > address and sent a response to him. Showing an unexpected level of > politeness for a dirty spammer, he emailed me back. > > I include the whole thread for your enjoyment. > > > ----- Suggestion Box suggestion by Anonymous Coward > ----- > > On: Monday February 28th, 2005 at 11:56 AM > Subject: [Website] > > Just thought this might be of some use to someone. > > Only about 26% of average text is typed from the home keys of a qwerty > keyboard. Swapping, transposing, ETNI for DFJK would increase this to > about 55.5%, more than doubleing typing efficiency for these eight > keys. To narrow it down further, this would increase in the amount of > average text typed from the four keys under the middle and index > fingers by a factor of five, from 7.5% to 37%. This results in an > overall reduction in reaching, or transverse motion, of the fingers by > about 40%. While not as efficient as the Dvorak keyboard, it is much > easier to learn. The transposed keys remain under the same fingers and > feel very natural. While typing, the transposition can be thought out > without benefit of a keyboard map. For those who might worry that they > will not be able to go back to qwerty, the experience of many Dvorak > users is that a typist can be bikeyboardal. Looking down at your > fingers brings qwerty right back. The letters E, T, N and I are fairly > easy to get used to but you may find yourself trying to type D, F, J > and K from their old locations. > > I have found a keyboard remapping program that is free, downloads > quickly and is very easy to use. I am typing this email on a keyboard > remapped to the 'etni' transposition layout. The program is called > 'Keytweak 2.11' and can be googled up by that name. It is available > from several sites, including PC magazine and recommended by several > keyboard manufacturers, including TypeMatrix. The creator of the > program is Travis Krumsick. > > 1) After you have loaded the program click start. > 2) Click the "KeyTweak" icon and a graphic of a keyboard will appear. > 3) Click the "Full Teach Mode" at the bottom of the screen. > 4) A box will appear. Click "Begin Teach Mode". > 5) Press the key you want to reassign, then the key you want it > reassigned to, in this case D to E. > 6) Click "Remap Key#1 to Key#2" > 7) The box will disappear and the scancodes of the keys will appear in > the "Pending Changes" window at the bottom right. > 8) Follow the same procedure (from 3) for E to D, and the remaining > six remaps. > 9) Click "Apply" and you will be asked if you want to turn off the > computer to apply the changes. > At the top there is also a clickable "Restore Defaults" to give you > back your qwerty layout. > I was able to remap in under three minutes and restore qwerty in > thirty seconds, not includeing the restart. > > If you would like to determine if etni on the home row is comfortable > for you, you might try typing the words below in the pretend mode, > without lifting a finger. > > sea see sat late little tail nile tin lit tell lean till sin nettle > silent line less nest ill lint ease asinine nine This will come out > as: > sda sdd saf lafd lkffld fakl jkld fkj lkf fdll ldan fkll skj jdffld > skldjf lkjd ldss jdsf kll lkjf dasd askjkjd jkjd > > Many thanks, > Stephen Kearney > > ----- End spam message ----- > > > ----- Forwarded message from Andrew McNabb ----- > > Subject: UUG Site Suggestion Box > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:54:34 -0700 > > > We received a submission to the suggestion box of the UUG website > (uug.byu.edu) which was attributed to your name (Stephen Kearney). > Please forgive me if you were not the person who posted this message. > > Your posting was indeed an eloquent exposition on the myriad benefits > of the ETNI keyboard layout. I was very tempted to download Keytweak > 2.11. > However, I am already "bikeyboardal," typing fluently in both Dvorak > and Qwerty and am concerned that were I to become trikeyboardal my > friends would think I've become dexterously condescending. > I really can't > afford to lose them. > > My social issues aside, I am still confused. Your comments were > posted to the UUG Website Suggestion Box. Please clarify what changes > you are suggesting for the site. Would the site have been better if > we had typed it in ETNI? Should we enhance the visitor experience by > allowing forms to be entered with real-time ETNI translation? > Should we put "sda > sdd saf lafd lkffld fakl" on the front page? > > Thank you for your beautiful post, and thanks in advance for your > clarifications. > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > ----- Forwarded message from Stephen Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ----- > > Subject: Re: UUG Site Suggestion Box > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:41:41 -0800 > > Esteemed Mr. McNabb, > > Any eloquence you see in my email is mearly a reflection of your own. > I am afraid I am guilty of spamming. Suggestion boxes are open > to...well suggestions. I do hope you will pass on the idea to anyone > who might be interested. I realize it was impertinate of me to email > your suggestion box. > Extreem thanks for your kindness and good humour, > > Stephen Kearney > Sfdphdj Idarjey > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > -- > Andrew McNabb > http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ > PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D > 6098 8826 6868 > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/pgp-signature > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the > responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS > Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. 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