Nice. This is the most interesting question about Dvorak, to me.
Everyone I know who recommends Dvorak is a programmer. And I'm more than content with my comfort and speed typing English; the pain of slowing down to type brackets all the time when programming is more of a pain point for me.
So with this in mind, it's interesting to note that Dvorak has moved the quote key to a slightly less favourable location, and basically banished paren/bracket. Not a solution for my pain point!
I personally use a variant of Programmer’s Dvorak. Brackets and various symbols are placed where you usually see numbers, while you have to press shift to access numbers. I think that on a proper Programmer’s Dvorak Caps Lock should cause shift to be in effect on the numbers/symbols buttons.
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Nice. This is the most interesting question about Dvorak, to me.
Everyone I know who recommends Dvorak is a programmer. And I'm more than content with my comfort and speed typing English; the pain of slowing down to type brackets all the time when programming is more of a pain point for me.
So with this in mind, it's interesting to note that Dvorak has moved the quote key to a slightly less favourable location, and basically banished paren/bracket. Not a solution for my pain point!
I personally use a variant of Programmer’s Dvorak. Brackets and various symbols are placed where you usually see numbers, while you have to press shift to access numbers. I think that on a proper Programmer’s Dvorak Caps Lock should cause shift to be in effect on the numbers/symbols buttons.