SRL Archive - Discussions & Debates

the 'normal' qwerty layout that most people use only came into existance because old typewriter keys would jam, so the designers moved the keys further apart, to force people to slow down while typing.

the qwerty keyboard is designed to be inefficent.


dvorak is designed to be comfortable and fast, but because of the invisible hand of the market, its not very widely used.


what does srl think of it?



iv got an old keyboard im going to modify to be the dvorak layout.

this site seems quite helpful about it http://dvorak.mwbrooks.com/

Wish I learned dvorak over qwerty, I'm sure at some point in time it'll be required for development in the future and will probably become the new standard.

Faster to type on dvorak, way less hand and arm movement required.

Eventually I want to try it.

What would be actually faster?
(I have read that link)

From what I understand, it's not so much that it's faster, it's that Dvorak is much more ergonomically designed.

The only problem with switching to DVORAK is the fact that you will lose touch with QWERTY and everybody else has QWERTY so if you have to work on someone else's computer you will be slower.

I think I am fast enough with qwerty so.

Yeeh. I touch-type with QWERTY so I would be fucked if I went onto Dvorak.

How about azerty?

you dont lose qwerty as long as you keep using it, like everything else it's use it or lose it :)

if all letters are in the same row, wouldnt it be harder to use two hands?

Computers didn't really start getting into the homes until about 1995 (where you start to notice) so really we've only had 14 years on the qwerty keyboard that majority of us used. And as mentioned before the only reason we use it currently is its the bridge over from type-writers. What about say in another 5, 10, 15 years when computers become much more powerful? How could we keep up with that power unless we can't interface with it faster? It would be a waste of computer power and productivity.

From: jakeyboy29
if all letters are in the same row, wouldnt it be harder to use two hands?

Not at all. It means that you can like.. use 2 hands on the top row, so as you dont have to move around the keyboard the whole time.

Noting how keyboards are named after their top row, you should be able to see why it might be faster…

From: R0b0t1
Noting how keyboards are named after their top row, you should be able to see why it might be faster…

Dvorak isn't. It's named after the guy who created it. If it was named the same way as QWERTY, it would be called ',.PYF

Lol the add on the thread was

http://www.editorskeys.com/Pro_Tools_Keyboard_Set.html?gclid=CIeuqcXU9pkCFRKAxgodvWhVwQ

How ironic

That's because ads are related to what the user is viewing. If you get explicit ads, then that's because you've (or someone has been) looking at pr0nz0rz on your PC.

Dvorak is adapted to the english language. Most words are typed from a sort of "home row" meaning your fingers evenly divided on a small space @ centre keyboard. Using QWERTY words like agree, fact, grass, greater, opinion, regard are all typed with one hand. Not with Dvorak.

You represent the First Generation In History that have all been born and raised with the keyboard….qwerty-style You all type faster than me, and most of you type blind, right? Very skillful!

So my guess is: you will be qwerty forever, but you will be the last of your qwerty-kind and you will teach your children dvorak. And you will end up as the grumpy I-cant-type-dvorak generation. ;)

:D Great Fawk :p

That layout just plain confuses me..