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Comment Dvorak, and happy with it. (Score 1) 624

I switched over to Dvorak about 5 years ago. The main reason was speed, and not so much RSI, though I used to get cramping in both hands after extended periods on the computer. It took me a month to touch-type again (albeit slower than when using QWERTY) and about 3 months before I had surpassed my QWERTY speed. I had maxed out at about 60 wpm with QWERTY, and was up around 90 wpm with Dvorak. The cramping has gone and never returned. I do get some pain in my right wrist still, but I think that is mostly due to the mouse rather than the keyboard. I used to be a helpdesk support guy so had to run around to other people's computers often, but not anymore. Even now, 5 years later, I can still touch type *fairly* well on a QWERTY keyboard. It's not great, but when I look I can type about 30 wpm while using all the write fingering. Hope this was useful. I actually bought a new keyboard a while ago from fingerworks.com. I never got used to it, but if you read the forums there it sounds like a lot of people have adapted and really loved it. They also have a Dvorak layout. kynddaze

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