Contrary to popular belief, the QWERTY layout was not designed to slow the 
typist down, but rather to speed up typing. 

Indeed, there is evidence that, aside from the issue of jamming, placing 
often-used keys farther apart increases typing speed, because it encourages 
alternation between the hands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY




On Sunday, 21-07-2024 at 18:54 Nicolas George wrote:
> hlyg (12024-07-21):
> > is it possible to remap keyboard to Dvorak in X Window?
> 
> Yes, of course.
> 
> https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Debian+dvorak
> 
> >                                                       does anyone use it
> > to speed up typing?
> 
> No, only to feel smug.
> 
> # Later experiments have shown that many keyboard designs, including some
> # alphabetical ones, allow very similar typing speeds to QWERTY and Dvorak
> # when typists have been trained for them, suggesting that Dvorak's
> # careful design principles may have had little effect because keyboard
> # layout is only a small part of the complicated physical activity of
> # typing.[19]
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard_layout
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
>   Nicolas George
> 
> 

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