It’s good for what it’s good for: avoiding carpal tunnel.
Are you consistently using a keyboard for 4+ hours a day? I mean typing, not just mouse & the occasional tap. Then Dvorak is vastly superior to qwerty. If not, not really worth it.
It was a huge pain for 2+ months for me to rewire my muscle memory to use it, but it was worth it for me. 15 years of typing a lot almost every day, never had so much as a twinge.
It doesn’t help with speed. Typing speeds between qwerty and Dvorak are the same, once you factor in user experience and which one they’re more used to.
An anecdote is of course not evidence, so please take my single point of view with skepticism. As the number of hours spent typing increased, I started getting wrist and joint pain. Once I switched, that went away.
Personally, I really like it. I’ve never been a fast typer, but I feel like I’m faster with it. The layout just makes sense to me. There was a significant learning curve though, it took me a while to get used to it
Okay I’ll bite: is Dvorak really that great?
It’s good for what it’s good for: avoiding carpal tunnel.
Are you consistently using a keyboard for 4+ hours a day? I mean typing, not just mouse & the occasional tap. Then Dvorak is vastly superior to qwerty. If not, not really worth it.
It was a huge pain for 2+ months for me to rewire my muscle memory to use it, but it was worth it for me. 15 years of typing a lot almost every day, never had so much as a twinge.
It doesn’t help with speed. Typing speeds between qwerty and Dvorak are the same, once you factor in user experience and which one they’re more used to.
If it helps you that’s great, but there’s no real evidence for it making any difference with RSI or carpal tunnel.
An anecdote is of course not evidence, so please take my single point of view with skepticism. As the number of hours spent typing increased, I started getting wrist and joint pain. Once I switched, that went away.
I’d guess that it stopped not because you started using Dvorak, but because you typed less while you were acclimating
Personally, I really like it. I’ve never been a fast typer, but I feel like I’m faster with it. The layout just makes sense to me. There was a significant learning curve though, it took me a while to get used to it
I’m not a fast typer, but my writing speed is limited by things like “what should I name this variable? hm…” rather than how fast my fingers can move.
Non-qwerty layouts are more about ergonomy/comfort rather than typing speed.
For English, you can be faster.
I don’t know, I use neo2, but qwerty is bad
I can type for longer before my hands need a break.
Honestly as a Dvorak user, I wouldn’t switch if you can already touch type on qwerty. Unless you have to type a lot and are having issues maybe.
If you want to learn though it makes a lot of sense to just learn Dvorak instead. It’s easier and less likely to cause issues later.