QWERTY vs. Dvorak - Which do you use?

MarielofRedwall · May 1, 2011

I've always used Qwerty... and I type differently, I don't use home-row. I use everything but my pinkies (poor, weak pinkies

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FOTSGreg · May 3, 2011

I never learned to touch-type, really, but I spent 12 years learning to play the organ. When I type, my hands overlap and my fingers dance all over the place. I watch the keyboard rather than the screen.

People who touch-type marvel that I can even put together a correctly-spelled word with my style, but I've consistently tested at 48 wpm under interview conditions (and I know I type faster than that when I'm "in the groove").

I've used a QWERTY keyboard since I first started using a flea market bought Royal typewriter with a broken "A" key.

bongalak · Oct 8, 2011

I started learning dvorak about a month ago. I've gotten better with, but it's still a bit frustrating because I still can't type as fluently as I used to back in my querty days. But I heard it takes 2 to 3 months to get really good at it, so I'm keeping at it. Besides, I'm really at a point of no return because now querty feels almost alien to me.

Xelebes · Oct 8, 2011

Canadian QWERTY Bilingual

I get: a few extra keys, the slash replacing the hash, the question mark replacing the caret, the pipe replaces the tilde and so forth.

FabricatedParadise · Oct 8, 2011

Chasing the Horizon said:
I learned to type as a young child and do it completely wrong. People watching me type are always amazed that I can touch-type so well with my hands all out of position. I suspect this would make learning any keyboard layout that was based on having your hands positioned properly impossible for me.

I'm the same way. I think I was around 5 when I started learning to type. I can do it with my hands positioned correctly (qwerty only), but can only type around 40wpm that way. My natural way of typing is with my index and middle fingers of both hands and using my thumb for spacebar. Doing it this way, I can pull about 90wpm. If I do it one handed (I spent a lot of time holding the phone to my ear with one hand and typing with the other as a teen), I can still do around 55wpm. Looks insane, but it gets the job done.

blacbird · Oct 8, 2011

I learned QWERTY in a typing class in eighth grade, and have never looked back. Trying to learn a new system is an utter non-starter. Life is way too short.

caw

Swtlo · Oct 10, 2011

querty, no contest

A few years ago there was some speculation about a t9 keyboard marketed towards teeneagers because of the texting trend. This was before the boom of querty phones mind you. I remember because my brother was excited he may actually know how how to type *eye roll* rather than have to learn the traditional way. I was boggled as to how. I always hated t9 and jumped at the chance of a full keyboard on my phone. I guess I'm a "why fix what's not broken" person. I can be pretty stubborn when it comes to unnecessary change, I have enough on my plate thank you.

Matera the Mad · Oct 10, 2011

Qwerty 'til I die. That's what I learned on, 40-some years ago, and I have too many other things to learn yet to complicate it all with a different keyboard. :tongue

Right now I just wish I could do without my left pinkie, which would hurt like hell on any keyboard.

BDSEmpire · Oct 14, 2011

Of all the things I learned in high school, touch-typing has been the most dramatically useful in my IT career. Mark me down as another QWERTY4Life user.

Homewrecker · Oct 14, 2011

'Nother QWERTYkid. Use to be fairly swift at it when I worked in an office fulltime now I've slugged down to a mean 70wpm. No plans to change.

QWERTY vs. Dvorak - Which do you use?

Do you use QWERTY or Dvorak?

I use QWERTY.

I use Dvorak.

Something else.

MarielofRedwall

FOTSGreg

Today is your last day.

bongalak

Xelebes

Delerium ex Ennui

FabricatedParadise

Can be bribed with circus peanuts

blacbird

Swtlo

Matera the Mad

Bartender, gimme a Linux Mint

BDSEmpire

Kindly Bumpkin

Homewrecker

Intranational Mystery Woman