My keyboard is nearly unrecognizable. It is still the same brand and same color, but almost all of the keys are in different places.
The Dvorak keyboard layout is designed to be more efficient and reduce strain. It works too. I can already feel how key strokes will flow more smoothly. But for now, I feel like a toddler taking their first steps or like I’m in junior high learning to type all over again.
The typing is thick and slow, like thinking in Japanese or French after not using them for years. Still, I’m getting faster with practice, and even this painfully awkward stage has it’s perks.
Now that my typing is so slow, I’m learning to be very efficient with my words. I had a tendency towards wordiness that is lessening. I hope I can hold onto that after I recover my speed at the keyboard.
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Keep going with the Dvorak! It’s great. When I made the switch, I found I had to stop typing in Qwerty at all if I wanted to have any chance of getting fully fluent. Now I can type both fine. Interesting afterthought: I’ve found the speed advantages to be greatly exaggerated; what I’ve found instead is a greatly increased comfort from Dvorak (I never knew Qwerty was painful until I had something else to compare it to!)
P.S., saw your e-mail on Collexion list. Look forward to meeting you at Buildycrunken.