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In article <1992Jul20.215409.20745@metropolis.com> robert@metropolis.com (Robert Munyer) writes:
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>In article <1992Jul20.084352.16733@research.canon.oz.au>
>greyham@research.canon.oz.au (Graham Stoney) writes:
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>> Howdy,
>
>> You may or may not be aware that the common QWERTY keyboard to which most of
>> us are accustomed is a direct descendant of the keyboard used originally on
>> an early typesetting machine long before computers were invented.  [...] By
>> some curious and unfortunate quirk of fate, this is the same QWERTY keyboard
>> most of the world uses today.
>
>Actually, what I heard was that when Dr. Dvorak presented his optimized
>keyboard layout to the typewriter manufacturers, they thought, "Hmmm..... Type
>twice as fast?  That means..... half as many typists.  That means..... half as
>many typewriters.  That means..... half as many sales.  NO THANKS."
>
>> A much better alternative is the Dvorak keyboard. This keyboard is considered
>> to be at least twice as easy to learn, and almost twice the speed of QWERTY.
>
>Not to mention twice as comfortable, and half as tiring.
>
>> [...] Then grab a pair of long-nosed pliers and start reefing off the
>> keytops!  [...] Your machine will now use a Dvorak keyboard for anyone that
>> logs in on it (provided they haven't set their own personal Keymap), and any
>> other machine you log in on will remain QWERTY. Now start learning to type
>> again!.
>
>Another alternative that works very well is just to leave the key tops alone.
>As you mentioned, the Dvorak keyboard is easy to learn.  And leaving the key
>key tops in the old 19th-century arrangement can help you learn Dvorak-style
>touch-typing even faster, because it keeps you from being tempted to "cheat"
>by looking down at the keyboard and your fingers.  I've heard that some typing
>schools have typewriters with BLANK keys, to prevent this sort of "cheating".

Well, I have my machine setup for dvorak layout now and I like it...
after a couple of days, I'm already picking up speed, but I can type 4
times as fast on QWERTY still...  It's cool though and something I've
wanted to do for a long time.

andrew
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