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by **MR. X** on Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:23 pm

WHICH IS BETTER DVORAK OR QWERTY?

by **Math_nerd** on Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:28 pm

I prefure (sp?) qwerty to what ever the other one owas because i am used to it...

by **Pimienta** on Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:31 pm

could you explain what you are talking about

by **Math_nerd** on Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:05 pm

seach for it on goggle. you will find it there.

by **Pimienta** on Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:18 pm

I'm too lazy

by **Cherokee_girl** on Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:22 pm

I have been raised on a qwerty board.

by **Insanity test** on Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:41 pm

didnt know there was another sort. apart from in other countries (as in other language speaking)

by **Math_nerd** on Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:05 pm

Here is a Dvorak layout.

http://homepage.mac.com/chinesemac/LatinExtended/layouts/Dvorak.html

by **Insanity test** on Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:27 pm

Well I would say that it looks weird, but so does qwerty if youve never seen it before. Why dont the just write out the alphabet in order? or is it sposed to put the commonist letters in handy (no pun intended) places?

I think ill stick to what I know. :nod:

by **Bomadeno** on Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:51 am

The QWERTY keyboard is desgined for english i think.

It has all the letters in convientintlyish places - like t and h neaby each other. And e and r too.

etc.

by **nil** on Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:34 am

The QWERTY arrangement is purely for the convenience of the typewriter, not for the typer. That's why someone thought of Dvorak. But I think it's too late. I'm too deep in QWERTY. Anyone suggest Dvorak, I'll beat them up...

:punish:

by **Pimienta** on Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:42 pm

now I understand and I didn't even use google
I like Qwerty even though the letters aren't all in convenient places
like q and u aren't even close to each other

by **nowhere man** on Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:56 pm

it dosnt look any eaiser to me

by **princess** on Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:13 pm

only the pwagha layout is good.

but there isn't one

by **trumpetprodigy** on Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:26 pm

The current QWERTY keyboard was designed in 1872 for two fingered "hunt and peck" typists. But it became the standard and has survived to the 21st Century basically unchanged.
August Dvorak invented the Simplified Keyboard (as he called it) in 1932 as a result of exhaustive time and motion studies. The Dvorak Keyboard (as the Simplified Keyboard is now known) has been only marginally necessary until the widespread use of computers.
Now, Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI) are a major factor for anyone who spends even a few hours a day working with a keyboard. The Dvorak Layout reduces finger movement by more than an order of magnitude (10 times), and hence is "just what the doctor ordered" for those suffering RSI. Users of the Dvorak Keyboard may be faster and make fewer errors than an equally qualified QWERTY typist, but most importantly, stress on the fingers, hands and wrists is greatly reduced.

I found that on a google search.

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