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Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Written by Vlad on January 6, 2005 – 2:39 pm

Keyboards, especially those destined to be used with a personal computer, most often come with a QWERTY layout. Which is just fine by me. However, there are people claiming that other layouts will make you more productive. Which brings us to Dvorak layout.

What does it? Well, it basically shuffles around all your keys making it almost impossible for you to write anything.

Why would any sane person do this? The new positioning of keys facilitates faster writing by putting most used keys in most accessible positions. This should result in: faster typing, fewer spelling errors, more comfortable experience.

Can I try it? Sure, knock yourself out. Change you your keyboard layout/mapping to Dvorak and start typing right off. Or, better yet, check out this tutorial: ABCD – A Basic Course In Dvorak

Let me know if it works for you! It did for Matt.

Forgot to mention: No, there is no Romanian Dvorak layout, at least none that I could find. Anybody to change that? I thought so!


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2 Comments to “Dvorak Keyboard Layout”

  1. Says:

    I play “typing of the dead” to hone my typing skills

  2. Says:

    I tried Dvorak layout for a while years ago because I made QWERTY responsible for my finger’s aches and wanted to change. I think it is true that QWERTY slows speed down, but I never got used to DVORAK and, anyway, the layout I used didn’t have the “Ñ”.

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