Everyone tries to justify it as more comfortable or faster, but really it boils down to it being fun. (I use dvorak.) Sure, you spend more time on the home row, and certain key chords are much more natural, but everything has its drawbacks. One thing no one tells you is that dvorak is brutal on your right pinky... especially if you use *nix and type things like 'ls' a lot. After a while your pinky gets stronger and you no longer notice, but everything has its advantages and drawbacks.
So really, lots stop spending all this effort justifying and evangelizing our keyboard layouts. If you enjoy a non-qwerty layout, then by all means share it with the world, but stop making it something bigger than it is.
I'm sorry if I'm making it bigger than it is. I really just mean to make it as big as I think it is.
The more comfortable claims seem to be echoed by a lot of other dvorak typers here as well.
Also, the pinky strain is echoed a lot, even if I haven't really suffered that (perhaps for playing the piano and guitar??), so I think that's something to watch for too.
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Why is dvorak really better than qwerty?
It's more fun.
Everyone tries to justify it as more comfortable or faster, but really it boils down to it being fun. (I use dvorak.) Sure, you spend more time on the home row, and certain key chords are much more natural, but everything has its drawbacks. One thing no one tells you is that dvorak is brutal on your right pinky... especially if you use *nix and type things like 'ls' a lot. After a while your pinky gets stronger and you no longer notice, but everything has its advantages and drawbacks.
So really, lots stop spending all this effort justifying and evangelizing our keyboard layouts. If you enjoy a non-qwerty layout, then by all means share it with the world, but stop making it something bigger than it is.
I'm sorry if I'm making it bigger than it is. I really just mean to make it as big as I think it is.
The more comfortable claims seem to be echoed by a lot of other dvorak typers here as well.
Also, the pinky strain is echoed a lot, even if I haven't really suffered that (perhaps for playing the piano and guitar??), so I think that's something to watch for too.