My 20 years on Dvorak (and 1 on Kinesis) (Score 1)

I learned QWERTY touch typing in 1962, and changed
over to Dvorak in 1980. I will never go back;
QWERTY is too slow, too error-prone, and too
fatiguing. My speed increased from 40wpm to 70wpm
within a year of the change, but more importantly
my error rate was about 2/3 lower and typing was
much less fatiguing.

I've used the Kinesis keyboard for a year now, and
I don't ever want to go back to straight
keyboards. My speed went up about 20% with the
Kinesis, and my error rate is a bit lower too.

The Kinesis Essential is available for about $210
shipped. See the

Kinesis homepage for vendors; I have had good
prices and service from Softek Business Systems.

I too would like to see some unbiased scientific
studies of Dvorak vs. QWERTY. Until then I will
listen to my hands and observe my error rate; both
tell me clearly that QWERTY is perverse and
unergonomic.

For Linux users, there is a Dvorak remap file for
xmodmap in the /usr/doc tree. The file name
is"xdvorak.xmodmap".