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Buster
10-01-2004, 03:46 PM
:D Anyone think this would actually work. QWERTY doesn't really do it for me, so am limited to index fingers and thumbs only. :eek:

Link (http://www.a4tech.com/en/product2.asp?CID=38&SCID=43&MNO=KBSA-21533RP)
whetu
10-01-2004, 04:02 PM
not one mention of DVORAK :rolleyes:
Geek4Life
10-01-2004, 05:52 PM
Very bad idea. Lots of those little wee "junior PCs" and the like from places such as DSE have keyboards like that. They're really hard to use I find.
mpc
11-01-2004, 03:56 PM
Agree with G4L, a modern keyboard is designed so that the letters you use the most are in the easiest places. As a side note, I've found even the layout of a keyboard can help with the speed at which you can type. Like my MS natural keyboard I find is really good as it was really easy to pick up touch typing on. I know they take a little time to adapt to but it was definitely worth it for me.
whetu
11-01-2004, 04:19 PM
Originally posted by mpc
Agree with G4L, a modern keyboard is designed so that the letters you use the most are in the easiest places.
No. It's common knowledge that the QWERTY layout was designed specifically to slow typists down. The most logical and efficient keyboard layout is not the QWERTY, but the DVORAK.

As a side note, I've found even the layout of a keyboard can help with the speed at which you can type. Like my MS natural keyboard I find is really good as it was really easy to pick up touch typing on. I know they take a little time to adapt to but it was definitely worth it for me.

I type around 30wpm faster on a natural than I do on a flat keyboard... and I get around 75wpm on a decent flat keyboard...
Gh0s7 L3mUr
11-01-2004, 06:06 PM
Originally posted by whetu
No. It's common knowledge that the QWERTY layout was designed specifically to slow typists down. The most logical and efficient keyboard layout is not the QWERTY, but the DVORAK.

Hey...

You said don't mention DVORAK. :P
Geek4Life
11-01-2004, 06:44 PM
I want to have a play with a DVORAK keyboard at some stage.

Also I think that this is where it is at, I can see some very good uses for this keyboard ;)

Of course I can't find the site I was looking for now, but it was one handed keyboard :cool:
whetu
11-01-2004, 07:07 PM
Originally posted by Gh0s7 L3mUr
Hey...

You said don't mention DVORAK. :P

erm...

not one mention of DVORAK

they are slightly different things yeah?

I was talking in referral to a4tech not mentioning DVORAK, instead pimping the ABC keyboard
ktulu
11-01-2004, 09:43 PM
Originally posted by Geek4Life
I want to have a play with a DVORAK keyboard at some stage.

just pop your keys off and change them round... then set your keyboard type in windows (or linux) to DVORAK
Gh0s7 L3mUr
11-01-2004, 09:49 PM
Originally posted by whetu

I was talking in referral to a4tech not mentioning DVORAK, instead pimping the ABC keyboard

My bad, :(

Miss read your post.

Geek - Yeah I'd love to give a DVORAK keyboard a go too. But I have yet to actually find one in the real world.
ktulu
12-01-2004, 12:19 AM
Originally posted by Gh0s7 L3mUr
My bad, :(

Miss read your post.

Geek - Yeah I'd love to give a DVORAK keyboard a go too. But I have yet to actually find one in the real world.
look up a post
Buster
12-01-2004, 01:52 AM
For left handers even :D