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I upgraded to an electric typewriter when I started at university. 
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I think it will be replaced once our keyboards will be fully programmable for and will allow each key to display any symbol you like. People will just notice they are faster if they use the Dvorak scheme and will start switching to it. And will get used to switching any keyboard they happen to use, to it.Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
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I doubt qwerty will be replaced in my lifetime. People are too attached to what they grow up with, and teach it to their kids
Dvorak shouldn't take you long to learn, if you know how to touchtype. It took me about a week, maybe, and then another week of messing up on qwerty (I forcibly switched back and forth regularly so I would be able to). What's really fun is screwing with people at work (My work computer uses dvorak). They start doing something on my computer and have no idea why it doesn't work...
(Except rah. I'd never do that to him. Never. )
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My understanding is there is no testable difference between the two.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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I cannot touch type using all 10 digits, I usually use 4-6. Have never taken any course, though I sometimes want to.
My English typing is better than my Russian typing (MUDs do that to you): I type around 1.5 times faster and only occasionally have to glance at the keys.Graffiti in a public toilet
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Text-based online games. Been around since the late 70s I think"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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There's no proper evidence that the Dvorak scheme is faster. It's an urban myth.Originally posted by Heraclitus
I think it will be replaced once our keyboards will be fully programmable for and will allow each key to display any symbol you like. People will just notice they are faster if they use the Dvorak scheme and will start switching to it. And will get used to switching any keyboard they happen to use, to it.Comment
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Regarding the thread title, yeah, I'm pretty quick. But unlike che I type much slower than I think and I also edit a lot.Comment
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I find it hard that any system would be slower than a system (QWERTY) which was purposfully designed to be slow.Originally posted by VetLegion
There's no proper evidence that the Dvorak scheme is faster. It's an urban myth.Last edited by Heraclitus; April 28, 2008, 17:23.Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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I was a real slow typist, and could never touch type (but did quite fast with the hunt and peck method). Than in graduate school I was introduced to MMOs. I quickly learned how to touch type and now can even type with my eyes closed... I never need to look at my hands at all. I have no clue if I am doing everything correctly... I did play typing games/etc, and never really learned from that.
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BTW, I am too old to know how to write things on a standard cellphone speedily. The speed that some people text message is scary.
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Not faster, but it is a benefit for people with RSI problems.Originally posted by VetLegion
There's no proper evidence that the Dvorak scheme is faster. It's an urban myth."In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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I touch-type, typically about 80+/min with pretty good accuracy. Have tested higher, but I don't like the loss of accuracy when going for speed.
I elected to take typing in HS (around 1969-70). It was a class for future secretaries, and my parents and counselor both objected because it might mess with my GPA (it did). So I gave up a little in class rank (got a C), but still finished in the top 10% and gained a skill that proved really useful for typing papers in college.
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I can't touch type but I can type almost or as fast as most of my friends who can. Though unless I already know what to say I do have to stop to think
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