>>>>> "Nori" == Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> writes: [...] >> * It isn't true that the querty layout was devised to slow typists. Nori> isn't it? my understanding was that the qwerty layout was Nori> invented to slow typewriter typists -- in the year or so i spent Nori> using a typewriter before my family got its first computer, i'd Nori> often jam the keys if i typed letters too close to each other. Nori> could be urban legend, but it makes sense to me. From what I heard, QWERTY was only designed to move frequent combinations of letters apart, so that the hammers would not jam. (e.g. look at "the", "of", "in", "ph", "st" etc. on your keyboard.) It was not specifically designed to slow typists down, although this was a side effect. I don't particularly find Dvorak much faster, but I find it significantly more comfortable. My fingers hardly have to move when typing. -- Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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