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From: bogartc@handel.colostate.edu. (Chris Bogart)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Alternative Keyboards
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Date: 13 Jan 89 21:11:56 GMT
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In article <2717@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes:
>
>... I've also wondered why the Dvorak wasn't
>more popular. ...

>...   Also, the learning time on the Dvorak is
>apparently only about 25-50% of the learning time on the standard
>keyboard.
 
>My only guess is that most people simply don't *know* about the
>Dvorak and others.  But in this age of detachable keyboards, there
>
>Jeff Daiell

The Apple //c's keyboard is switchable to Dvorak, by pushing in a button
and moving all the keys around.  I did that once, and re-learned to type
in Dvorak.  I liked it; it seemed easier to learn than qwerty had been.
Then one day I had to use the terminals in the computer center, because the
modems were down.  I found I could no longer type qwerty, and had to hunt
and peck.  To switch to Dvorak, we would have to change all the keyboards
everywhere at the same time, because the average typist probably couldn't
learn to switch back and forth very easily.  I finally switched my apple
back to qwerty.

Chris Bogart      bogartc@handel.cs.colostate.edu