Re: [TCLUG:2561] Dvorak (was: posters and questions)

[Michael Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

> ...which implies that you'd need a keyboard layout optimized for every
> language. I don't know for what language Dvorak was designed, but I tend
> to think it wasn't English. (Optimization would involve more than just
> vowel placement; common consonants and consonant clusters vary by language
> as well. In fact I think Qwerty is good -- for English -- in this regard.)

I don't know.. I think a lot of the characters were 'clustered' in a
good way..  For example, 'T' and 'H' are right next to each other on the
home row.  This makes for quick spelling of words like 'the'..

I think it's good that my fingers spend more time on the home row than
they otherwise would -- I always feel like my fingers are reaching quite
a way whenever I'm working on a QWERTY layout..  Of course, being forced
to reach out doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing...

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