On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Mr Daniel Dilts wrote:
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?
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Short answer: there's a big controversy over whether Dvorak is actually faster.
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Anecdotal answer: The "World's Fastest Typist" uses the Dvorak keyboard. That must tell you something, eh?
Another anecdotal answer: My typing went from 30 WPM to 60 WPM after switching to Dvorak. I also feel quite a bit less strain when typing while my fingers mostly just twitch along the home row. However, this doesn't address the hypotheses given; I readily admit I was a poor Qwerty typist with at least half the bad habits self-taught semi-disciplined typists pick up.
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