Comments on: Dvorak – Better than QWERTY http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2005/04/dvorak-better-than-qwerty/ Interesting news, sports, investing, and political commentary. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gclimer http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2005/04/dvorak-better-than-qwerty/comment-page-1/#comment-261 gclimer Sat, 09 Apr 2005 01:41:03 +0000 http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2005/04/dvorak-better-than-qwerty/#comment-261 i'm finding it to get a little easier to type... like you, i switch back to the standard qwerty keymap when typing a large volume, i just taped the dvorak layout onto my existing keyboard... i have two computers hooked up to a kvm, so i only have one keyboard... eventually i hope to have the computers separate and i can rearrange my keys accordingly, rather than having the layout taped on... but that also brings into question with the little dots on the home keys... hrmm... maybe i should just buy one! i’m finding it to get a little easier to type… like you, i switch back to the standard qwerty keymap when typing a large volume, i just taped the dvorak layout onto my existing keyboard… i have two computers hooked up to a kvm, so i only have one keyboard… eventually i hope to have the computers separate and i can rearrange my keys accordingly, rather than having the layout taped on… but that also brings into question with the little dots on the home keys… hrmm… maybe i should just buy one!

]]> By: scott http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2005/04/dvorak-better-than-qwerty/comment-page-1/#comment-252 scott Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:28:12 +0000 http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2005/04/dvorak-better-than-qwerty/#comment-252 You can buy hardware dvorak keyboard here: http://www.dvortyboards.com/. And elsewhere: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=dvorak&btnG=Search+Froogle I just switched the keymapping using kbdconfig (a debian app) when not in a GUI. In KDE you can just click a button and the keymap is changed. (Similar to how I'm typing this on the university lab's dual G5 on a QWERTY keyboard with a Dvorak keymap). This allow my keys to remain in the QWERTY layout...which provides an excellent buffer against people trying to steal my password by watching what keys my fingers hit. I even convinced my Dad to switch to Dvorak and he gets along fine with just the mapping changed. He does have a printout of the Dvorak layout that he keeps handy just in case. Are you thinking of switching? You can buy hardware dvorak keyboard here: http://www.dvortyboards.com/. And elsewhere: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=dvorak&btnG=Search+Froogle

I just switched the keymapping using kbdconfig (a debian app) when not in a GUI. In KDE you can just click a button and the keymap is changed. (Similar to how I’m typing this on the university lab’s dual G5 on a QWERTY keyboard with a Dvorak keymap). This allow my keys to remain in the QWERTY layout…which provides an excellent buffer against people trying to steal my password by watching what keys my fingers hit.

I even convinced my Dad to switch to Dvorak and he gets along fine with just the mapping changed. He does have a printout of the Dvorak layout that he keeps handy just in case.

Are you thinking of switching?

]]> By: David Dean http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2005/04/dvorak-better-than-qwerty/comment-page-1/#comment-251 David Dean Thu, 07 Apr 2005 04:07:51 +0000 http://www.illiteratewithdrawal.com/2005/04/dvorak-better-than-qwerty/#comment-251 How did you arrange the hardware side of things? Can you just buy a dvorak keyboard, or did change the mapping and move the keys yourself? How did you arrange the hardware side of things? Can you just buy a dvorak keyboard, or did change the mapping and move the keys yourself?

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