View Poll Results: Do you use or have you ever tried the Dvorak style?
Yes, using it now.
0
0%
Yes, using QWERTY now.
2
12.50%
No, but I've heard of it.
8
50.00%
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Dvorak?
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Floppy Death! noES!!!
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From: Scranton, PA
Originally Posted by axemansean
What poll are you talking about Cheech?
h: DVORAK would confuse me.
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Floppy Death! noES!!!
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I have a little keyboard down in the bottom right of my taskbar that I can switch back and forth... it's weird, but even after just one sentance I'm picking up on it. 
I go duffy on dem bitches
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From: Gonzales, Louisiana
Originally Posted by clickwir
I have a little keyboard down in the bottom right of my taskbar that I can switch back and forth... it's weird, but even after just one sentance I'm picking up on it.
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Floppy Death! noES!!!
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From: Scranton, PA
Originally Posted by spankaveli
what utility is this? it may be worth a shot :x:
Under Start->Settings open Control Panel, then open Regional Options. On the Input Locales tab under Installed input locales, click the Add button. Within Keyboard layout/IME, you can select any or all Dvorak keyboards.
The default option for me to add was a Dvorak keyboard, it needed to APPLY the settings but I choose not to reboot and there the Language Bar option now down to the left of the system tray.
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Floppy Death! noES!!!
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From: Scranton, PA
Originally Posted by honda_pilot
Whats the point in this? Does it help something when typing?
Back in the 1800's when typewriters first came out, people were getting too fast for the mechanical devices to keep up. The "hammers" that actually hit the page when you pressed a key were getting bound up and causing problems. SOOOO they made a new style of keyboard (QWERTY) to purposefully slow people down. It was made to FORCE you to type slower and more painfully.
They only planned on using this style untill they could make the typewriters able to handle the faster speeds. But it took them so long that more and more people got too used to the QWERTY style that they couldn't change them all back. It's stuck ever since.
So someone who is "alright" with Dvorak will usually be 10-30% faster than someone on Qwerty. Someone who is "great" can be upwards of 50-70% faster and 30-60% more accurate. It also has less hand movements so there's less repetative stress, most of the keys you use are on the homerow.
