From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [9fans] simple keyboard question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) From: Rob Pike To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <3FE5A442.3060202@innerghost.net> Message-Id: <394F3AEC-33D8-11D8-BB19-000A95B984D8@mightycheese.com> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:07:57 -0800 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ae015382-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 funny thing about dvorak keyboards. they're based on bad science. mr dvorak knew what we wanted and fudged his data until he got it, but it was all bogus. on the other had, the qwerty keyboard actually was tested quite a bit in the early days and came out on top. dvoraks are no more efficient for typists than qwerty keyboards. the only good argument i've heard for using them is that, during the transition period, you tend to be a very slow typist and this may alleviate RSI. -rob