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Re: Dvorak Keyboards.



On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:46:47 -0800
"Weaver" <weaver@riseup.net> wrote:

> 
> > On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 11:06:48 +0200
> > Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 21:37, Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Friday 06 January 2012 18:44:22 Raf Czlonka wrote:
> >> >> What's wrong with simply re-arrange the keys on your existing
> >> keyboard
> 
> >From investigations so far.
> Advice from Daskeyboards support:
> 
> "Thanks for your interest in Das Keyboard!
> 
> The physical key caps cannot be rearranged into the Dvorak layout because
> each row has a different height and curvature, so keys on the QWERTY row
> would not feel right when mixed with keys on the ASDF or ZXCV rows. The
> keyboard can be used in Dvorak when you change the settings in your
> computer, but the keys themselves can't be rearranged without it feeling
> "wrong" to your fingers.
> 
> I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions".
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Weaver.

While I have a das keyboard, the answer is correct.  Unicomp might have a
layout that is hardware based.  I'd try them at http://pckeyboards.com

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