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By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:25:16 +0000

It seems at least superficially plausible that RSI is less of a problem for those of us who don’t touch-type properly, since most of the movement around the keyboard is done with the wrists and arms instead of reaching out with the fingers. I don’t know.

Since I find the bottleneck is usually my thinking speed rather than my typing speed, that aspect of it isn’t a particularly high priority anyway.

By: Julie Carter

Julie Carter — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:47:49 +0000

I tried to make the switch, but it nearly hurt my brain to try to make the switch. I am a touch typist, but I had heard I could increase my typing speed considerably.

I switched to a different keyboard and stuck with QWERTY. I might try Dvorak again someday, though.

I did find that the computer would randomly decide to pop me back into Dvorak, just for fun. Talk about disorienting!

By: shadygrove

shadygrove — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:09:21 +0000

Huh. It’s biased against southpaws, which I happen to be, so I’m not tempted. I’ve had people listen to me type and then look over my shoulder all aghast that I’m hunting and pecking 100 wpm. My fingers also know where the keys are, and I also usually watch them anyway. But I was never taught to type, and thus usually use only the index fingers for everything.

I’ve never noticed any trouble with RSI or tendonitis or whathaveyou from typing anyway, unless I use one of those horrible “ergonomic” foam keyboard wrist rests, in which case I get numbness in my palms and fingers. Mousing, too, is bad. But I can type like lightning with two fingers all day long for years, apparently, with no ill effects. Maybe someone should make a backwards Dvorak for lefties.