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Re: Dvorak Keyboards.



On 06 Jan 2012, Dan Serban wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 09:39:03 -0800
> "Weaver" <weaver@riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hello all.
> > I've been interested in this subject for some time, because of the greater
> > typing speed potential and lowr incidence of RSI and have even delayed
> > moving from two finger typing with an idea of implementing a Dvorak
> > keyboard into the system.
> 
> While I don't want to start a flame war, I'd suggest having a look at the
> colemak layout as well.  This has some advantages (I feel) over Dvorak.
> Then again, it may all boil down to personal preference.
> 
> http://colemak.com
> 
> 

That site is down at present.

My question: is it really worth the trouble of learning a new way of
typing, if you are already a moderately competent touch typist on the
QWERTY keyboard?


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