An old article but still atleast introduced me to one really weird Keyboard layout

  • cabbage
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    105 days ago

    I taught myself Dvorak. Didn’t buy a new keyboard or anything, just practised a little every day in some app I installed on my computer.

    Took me maybe a week before I switched to Dvorak full time, and maybe a week more before my writing was as fast as it had ever been on Qwerty. It’s absolutely worth making the change.

    • Repple (she/her)
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      45 days ago

      I did this at 12 years old back in the 90s. Never lost my ability to type qwerty, either. Completely worth it.

      • cabbage
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        5 days ago

        I never managed to touch type on qwerty, so I guess I had nothing to lose in that sense.

        I made the change in my late 20s, just before I started writing my PhD thesis. I figured if I was going to do a lot of writing, I might as well make it as efficient as possible.