From: Rasputin <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] simple keyboard question
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:14:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FE60D40.2090604@hellooperator.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <394F3AEC-33D8-11D8-BB19-000A95B984D8@mightycheese.com>
Rob Pike wrote:
> 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.
Speaking as someone with RSI I'd disagree.The layout does seem to
minimise movement and overstretching of the fingers.
YMMV, of course.
--
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-21 21:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-21 13:46 Hugo Santos
2003-12-21 17:07 ` Rob Pike
2003-12-21 21:00 ` [9fans] dvorak Michael Baldwin
2003-12-22 9:48 ` a
2003-12-22 14:21 ` Brantley Coile
2003-12-22 23:43 ` Adrian Tritschler
2003-12-23 6:38 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-23 15:15 ` jpc
2003-12-23 16:28 ` Rob Pike
2003-12-23 20:07 ` Joel Salomon
2003-12-23 20:40 ` Richard Miller
2003-12-23 23:53 ` Steve Kilbane
2003-12-21 21:14 ` Rasputin [this message]
2003-12-22 7:20 ` [9fans] simple keyboard question boyd, rounin
2003-12-21 22:14 ` Hugo Santos
2003-12-22 8:43 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-12-21 17:10 Tiit Lankots
2003-12-21 17:22 ` Rob Pike
2003-12-22 7:23 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-21 17:38 Tiit Lankots
2003-12-21 17:42 Tiit Lankots
2003-12-21 21:09 ` Dan Cross
2003-12-22 7:31 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-22 1:46 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-12-22 7:25 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-22 2:40 David Presotto
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