Ah, well, when I'm not a sysadmin, I am a writer. :) So I come at things from that perspective as well, not necessarily just from a dev/SA perspective.
While I can agree that ergonomics will vary from person to person, intentionally spacing out frequently used keys from each other does cause you to move your fingers farther more frequently. Typing speed, a la WPM, is not necessarily a good indicator of ergonomics. -- ~*~ StormeRider ~*~ "Every world needs its heroes [...] They inspire us to be better than we are. And they protect from the darkness that's just around the corner." (from Smallville Season 6x1: "Zod") On why I hate the phrase "that's so lame"... http://bit.ly/Ps3uSS On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Doug Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/29/2014 12:05 PM, Morgan Blackthorne wrote: > >> I have hypermobility (probably Ehler-Danlos) and I'm prone to RSI. >> QWERTY was designed to slow people down and prevent typewriter heads >> from jamming; it's really a crappy layout for us to have continued with >> into the age of computers. Dvorak is a lot more ergonomic. >> >> > Be careful. You are partially propagating a myth that has been studied and > disproved nearly 10 years ago. > > http://www.economist.com/node/196071 > > (there really isn't any typing speed difference) > > In terms of ergonomics: it really depends on the individual and the task. > Dvorak might have an edge in writing text (authors), but it should lose > that edge for programming task because of the more pronounced pushing of > punctuation, common in programming, farther out. Plus, RSI injuries tend to > be varied and prescriptive response is very individual. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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