Comment Re:I switched to Dvorak this year (Score 1) 307
Very interesting! I've been typing DVORAK for about 5 years now.
It took me a long time to get back up to my old QWERTY speed (about 80 WPM) -- at least two or three years, so during that time I was around 45-50 WPM in both. What sucked for me learning DVORAK was that afterwards, I had to go back and 're-familiarize' myself with QWERTY.
You can set a shortcut in Windows to switch keyboard layouts, I usually set Ctrl+Shift. I also usually set Windows to be set per-application for layout, as some applications are completely geared towards the QWERTY layout (Photoshop).
It took me a long time to get back up to my old QWERTY speed (about 80 WPM) -- at least two or three years, so during that time I was around 45-50 WPM in both. What sucked for me learning DVORAK was that afterwards, I had to go back and 're-familiarize' myself with QWERTY.
You can set a shortcut in Windows to switch keyboard layouts, I usually set Ctrl+Shift. I also usually set Windows to be set per-application for layout, as some applications are completely geared towards the QWERTY layout (Photoshop).