Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 14:35:42 -0400 From: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching to Dvorak (was Re: FreeBSD keyboard) Message-ID: <199607171835.OAA25550@garion.hq.ferg.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Jul 1996 11:43:23 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.94.960717112605.11612A-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu>
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-------- John Fieber uttered with conviction: > On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Stephen McKay wrote: > > Now that I know someone who has switched, I can ask that all > important question: "Was it really worth it?". Yes, *really* worth > it. How long did the switch take you? > > My case is pretty atypical. > > I never properly learned qwerty. When I first had a computer, and > discovered that being able to type was helpful, I got some typing > books and worked away for some months, all the time thinking there > must be a better way. At some point I remembered hearing something > about a faster keyboard layout and after some hunting, I found a > picture of a dvorak keyboard. I f igured out how to remap the > keyboard and set to work on the new layout. I'd say that it was > less than a week before I surpased my qwerty speed and have never > gone back. I am right now typing this on a dvorak kbd and already not having to look at the keys... Lots of misfires ... but I can already see some improvement... - branson ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?
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