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QWERTY Keyboards on a touch screen are still the stupid!
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I've never seriously tried dvorak. How long did it take you to get proficient?
I actively practiced with whatever tool gnome had built-in at the time, it’s called klavaro or something. It’s a very simple practicing app.
It took about two weeks for me to get familiar enough to be able to work in it without having to switch back sometimes.
The trick is just like with learning a new language: don’t switch back unless you absolutely have to, not when it would be convenient/faster.
Within a month or two you’ll be typing Dvorak like you’ve never even heard of qwerty.
Some things to note:
At the time I learned dvorak I was not fully typing qwerty with ten fingers, so ymmv.
I’m actually using programmer’s Dvorak; the difference is in the placement of the non-letter characters.
I don’t necessarily recommend it over regular Dvorak; if you find yourself regularly using other people’s machines, I’d probably recommend against it. Every major OS has Dvorak built-in, but not programmer Dvorak.
I wanna try so badly now!
I’m not stopping you, lol.
Just try to do a few training exercises every day, those really helped me.
And as a bonus, you already know 2 letters! The A and M are the same as on qwerty. And if the other letters on the keyboard distract you, you can always tape over them.
Good luck, I believe in you!
I would argue that what you're doing is far worse, you're tempting me! 😭