 another dvorak user
Yes, the original QWERTY keyboard was designed for old style typewriters that had the arms that had to move to hit the ink and the paper. Remember those?
If you've ever used one of those, you might remember how easily they jammed, especially when you typed faster, because too many arms where in the same place at the same time.
So some genius the arranged the keys to keep the metal arms as far apart as possible and slow the typist to prevent jamming.
I'm 24 now, I picked up Dvorak when I was 17 during the summer because I had nothing better to do, and I wanted to impress a guy. It worked.
I still use Dvorak as my main layout, both on my own computer and at the office. Since I work tech support, I work on a lot of non-Dvorak computers every week and have no trouble with the switch, though sometimes I type the first two or three characters in the wrong map first and have to backspace and switch!
One other benefit of Dvorak that I've found is that it provides a little extra computer security. If by chance someone gets both my password and my computer, they still can't get in without knowing how to touch type Dvorak (since I don't have the Dvorak keys labeled).
Rebecca
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