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| Thread ID: 82301 | 2007-08-22 11:53:00 | Is it possible to master typing on two types of keyboard layout? | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
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| 583865 | 2007-08-22 11:53:00 | Dear all, while browsing through the languages and input options available under "Text services and language", I was pondering whether it is possible to master two types of keyboard layout, mainly Dvorak and Qwerty. I wouldn't want to learn how to type using Dvorak layout and forget totally about qwerty! Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 583866 | 2007-08-22 11:57:00 | Yeah it shouldn't be that hard to do. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 583867 | 2007-08-22 17:28:00 | Well...people play a banjo and a guitar, and although they may look similar, they are very different. Or how about a pianist also playing a French Horn? Two keyboards should also work..but if you are over 10 years old, the learning curve might be a little steeper. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 583868 | 2007-08-22 20:07:00 | A colleague of mine did this last year or so. He tried out Dvorak layout & was "acclimatised" within a day or two. Mind you he was (just) still a teenager... AFAIK, he still has to use QWERTY also, so can now switch between the two pretty rapidly. As a 5-or-so finger non-touch typist I'm pretty impressed by that feat. |
MushHead (10626) | ||
| 583869 | 2007-08-22 21:19:00 | I've been using both Dvorak and Qwerty layouts for a while now. Since most of my typing is in short bursts I haven't become very quick at typing with Dvorak yet but it hasn't slowed my Qwerty speed. You will only lose speed if you use a different layout exclusively. | TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 583870 | 2007-08-22 21:33:00 | Back in the days when ordinary people used pencils and the typing was done by real typists the State Services Commission trialled different layouts. The guinea pigs were able to cope with several changes over a fortnight. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 583871 | 2007-08-23 03:05:00 | I was told a while back that the typists were actually put onto qwerty type writers during the war to slow down their typing because they got so fast on the other type writers that the keys wouldn't spring back in time and kept mashing together. I think the typists were doing 120wpm or more at the time. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 583872 | 2007-08-23 03:15:00 | As Basil Fawlty says "Don't mention the war" unless you are referring to the Spanish American War. The Qwerty design in 1873 was to make it easier on the typewriter innards. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 583873 | 2007-08-23 08:38:00 | Thanks for the input. I shall begin learning how to type on Dvorak keyboards. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 583874 | 2007-08-23 08:48:00 | Wow, there's something other than QWERTY keyboards? Where have I been? | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
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