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From: freewill@nstar.UUCP (Bill Williston)
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Subject: Re: Efficient Keyboards
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Date: 14 Oct 90 19:18:53 GMT
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tpmg0848@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tom Magliery) writes:

> In article <kcFyq1w161w@nstar.UUCP> freewill@nstar.UUCP (Bill Williston) writ
> >Could one of you who lives in an area where efficient keyboards are the 
> >standard put the keys on the screen?  I teach wordprocessing and would be 
> >interested in trying a more effiecient letter-layout.  Thank you in advance.


> are keyboards in other countries (that use the same alphabet) really differen
> i hope you're not going to try to market a keyboard with a non-QWERTY layout.
> it'll never sell.  also, if your students are beginning typists, what will
> they do once they get out of your class and try to type somewhere else?  
> and if your students are *not* beginning typists, are they going to want to
> learn a different layout?  i don't think i would.  i'm happy enough with the