typedvorak.com http://typedvorak.com Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:43:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en TypeDvorak Troubles http://typedvorak.com/2008/08/22/typedvorak-troubles/ http://typedvorak.com/2008/08/22/typedvorak-troubles/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:43:05 +0000 type dvorak http://typedvorak.com/2008/08/22/typedvorak-troubles/ TypeDvorak.com is back after some server / DNS issues.  I apologize for the inconvenience.

 

QWERTY is for chumps.

 

]]> http://typedvorak.com/2008/08/22/typedvorak-troubles/feed/ Dvorak to keep you healthy http://typedvorak.com/2007/11/13/dvorak-to-keep-you-healthy/ http://typedvorak.com/2007/11/13/dvorak-to-keep-you-healthy/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:11:25 +0000 type dvorak http://typedvorak.com/2007/11/13/dvorak-to-keep-you-healthy/ I came across a great post on diethack.com (a general health related blog) that lists 19 tips to staying healthy while you work at a computer….

right there at number 3

"Discard Qwerty and Azerty: Although I can touch type on both Qwerty and Azerty keyboards, I’m thinking of doing an overhaul and actually going back to a type of keyboard which is not well-known, the Dvorak keyboard. Here is a piece of history. Qwerty was actually developed in 1860s for typewriters. Notice if you are using a Qwerty keyboard that most of the time when you are writing a word, you go from one side of the keyboard to another. That was to avoid typewriters from becoming jammed by slowing the typists and making them type from two extremes. The advantage that Dvorak has over a normal Qwerty keyboard is that it is far more efficient if you have mastered it properly and most important of all, it poses less strain on your hands unlike Qwerty."

 

here is a link to the full post

]]> http://typedvorak.com/2007/11/13/dvorak-to-keep-you-healthy/feed/ MacBook - Dvorak Style!! http://typedvorak.com/2007/11/08/macbook-dvorak-style/ http://typedvorak.com/2007/11/08/macbook-dvorak-style/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:52:04 +0000 type dvorak http://typedvorak.com/2007/11/08/macbook-dvorak-style/ This is an awsome set of photos explaining how to convert your MacBook to Dvorak!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69631394@N00/


]]> http://typedvorak.com/2007/11/08/macbook-dvorak-style/feed/ Adapting The Linux Keyboard For One Hand http://typedvorak.com/2007/10/26/adapting-the-linux-keyboard-for-one-hand/ http://typedvorak.com/2007/10/26/adapting-the-linux-keyboard-for-one-hand/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:43:27 +0000 type dvorak http://typedvorak.com/2007/10/26/adapting-the-linux-keyboard-for-one-hand/ I came across a great site with information on one handed typing, specifically for linux….

http://eklhad.net/linux/app/onehand.html

As we all know, Dvorak is the best layout for one or two handed typing!!

]]> http://typedvorak.com/2007/10/26/adapting-the-linux-keyboard-for-one-hand/feed/ Serbian Dvorak for Mac http://typedvorak.com/2007/08/09/serbian-dvorak-for-mac/ http://typedvorak.com/2007/08/09/serbian-dvorak-for-mac/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:00:22 +0000 type dvorak http://typedvorak.com/2007/08/09/serbian-dvorak-for-mac/ I always like to see people working to further the use of the Dvorak keyboard layout.

Mike Burrell a Ph.D. student at The University of Western Ontario is doing just that, he is taking Dvorak where it has never been. Mr. Burrell has adapted the dvorak layout for the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (for use on Macs).

“I’ve taken it upon myself to make a new keyboard layout. It is a keyboard layout for the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, inspired by the Dvorak keyboard layout. The Dvorak layout is a keyboard layout that was invented to alleviate the problems in mainstream keyboard layouts.” Read the rest here.

Serbian Dvorak

Great job Mike! I hope to see more stories like this soon!!

]]> http://typedvorak.com/2007/08/09/serbian-dvorak-for-mac/feed/ No love for QWERTY http://typedvorak.com/2007/08/08/no-love-for-qwerty/ http://typedvorak.com/2007/08/08/no-love-for-qwerty/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:29:28 +0000 type dvorak http://typedvorak.com/2007/08/08/no-love-for-qwerty/ You know, there are many sites dedicated to the dvorak keyboard layout, but how many pro-qwerty sites do you know of? It’s amazing to me that people are happy typing on an outdated, inefficient keyboard just because that’s what everyone else does. Where are all the free thinkers? Surely the Mac crowd, the ‘I am different’ bunch should adopt this concept. Why, in their minds, using a ‘different’ keyboard like dvorak would only further distance themselves from the PC ‘norm’…. but sadly, no. It seems that they are perfectly happy with 1 mouse button and a horrible keyboard; even on their iphones.

So, If it’s so great, where are the qwerty advocates??(and don’t tell me it’s just too common to have advocates….. even WD40 has a fan club!

Here are some questions for all you qwers….

Does your phone look like this?

Rotary Phone (more…)