[OCLUG-Tech] Re: Dvorak stuff [was: USB keyboard remapping]
Jeff East wrote:
[gr] Just out of curiosity, how good would the Dvorak layout be
for a two/three fingered typist such as myself? I'm right-handed,
so I imagine a RH layout would be best, right?
Just to second guess :), but do you mean that you have less than
10 fingers? There are the Dvorak-RH and Dvorah-LH layouts, originally
created for the one handed, ideally 5 fingered typist. The single
hand only roams half the traditional keyboard. I've not tried it, but
it's supposed to be one-hand friendly in terms of shift-control-alt
keys.\\
[gr] No, I have all ten fingers, but I'm used to the hunt 'n peck
method using two or three fingers at a time.
Of course there's been some interest in applying the idea to
handheld computers, to allow touch typing on a small device with less
key area. The reason we haven't seen it is because of the inertia a
potential customer would have against learning a new typing method.
I don't need labelled keycaps to type, but when flying a WW2
simlator with a joystick in one hand, I sometimes have to flail for
individual keys ("G" for landing gear) because I don't have Dvorak
keycaps.
I switched to Dvorak mostly because I got work (carpentry) and
play (Linux) related carpal tunnel, bad. After getting the surgery on
both hands I lucked out and got a good "tented" ergo QWERTY keyboard
cheap, and read about how Dvorak is easier on the hands. I can't be
scientific about Dvorak, but I now *hate* traditional keyboard shapes,
and would never own one again. I say let's go further and get rid of
the staggered rows - another mechanical typewriter legacy.
[gr] Using any kind of "shaped" keyboard ususally requires a typing
method, which I have yet to learn. I was just wondering if hunt 'n peck
was easier on a dvorak layout.