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Post by Raydawn on Jan 27, 2011 15:48:54 GMT -5
also, the layout doesnt really matter much for me because i rarely type in english (and when i do i dont have to type that fast, i.e. postin on forums, etc)
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Post by Cortney on Jan 27, 2011 17:16:28 GMT -5
I just don't see the point in switching to a new keyboard setting. I'm not opposed to change, but I'm opposed to pointless change. I type plenty fast on a QWERTY. =P
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Post by austkyzor on Jan 27, 2011 21:27:21 GMT -5
also - would Dvorak mess up WASD?
I bet it would! My fingers would probably have to be all over the place! [/silly statement]
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Post by Freddy on Jan 27, 2011 23:09:03 GMT -5
Nope, many games don't get messed up because they use the keyboard directly regardless of the layout, but all the other ones let you remap the keys, which doesn't take more than 10 seconds.
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Post by austkyzor on Jan 28, 2011 0:50:02 GMT -5
hence why I said "[/silly argument]"
Also - technically I use the Canadian Multilingual Standard. Much different then QWERTY in terms of symbol placement.
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Post by Ryan on Jan 28, 2011 1:29:02 GMT -5
90-100wpm w/ QWERTY. Why switch and spend 2 weeks typing at 3 wpm so I can possibly type at 90-110wpm?
I'll stick with QWERTY Personally. My friend however swears by DVORAK now, he always typed slowly with QWERTY, but now his typing speed is up to about 80-90 wpm. It really is a personal preference.
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Post by austkyzor on Jan 28, 2011 1:54:35 GMT -5
I'd be more willing to switch if I had a physical Dvorak keyboard - after all, I, like a lot of people, learned to type via "hunt and peck"
It also took me, like, 4 years to learn how to touch type.
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Post by Flappy on Jan 28, 2011 6:08:29 GMT -5
I'd be more willing to switch if I had a physical Dvorak keyboard - after all, I, like a lot of people, learned to type via "hunt and peck" It also took me, like, 4 years to learn how to touch type. I don't know how to type like how you're "supposed" to (like where you align your fingers with certain keys.) I just kind of know where the keys are, and so I don't need to look, it's pretty cool. I think today I will start trying out Dvorak. |
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Post by Alex on Jan 28, 2011 20:36:53 GMT -5
I want all keyboards to have keys in a perfect rectangle and go "ABCDEFG".
[/OCD]
Seriously, the only reason I heard QWERTY was invented was to slow down the typing because the inventor of the typewriter couldn't make it so it went fast. So he decided to scramble it. I dunno if that is true.
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Post by Insane_Zang on Jan 28, 2011 21:03:05 GMT -5
I want all keyboards to have keys in a perfect rectangle and go "ABCDEFG". [/OCD] Seriously, the only reason I heard QWERTY was invented was to slow down the typing because the inventor of the typewriter couldn't make it so it went fast. So he decided to scramble it. I dunno if that is true. |
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Post by Freddy on Jan 28, 2011 21:19:49 GMT -5
It wasn't to slow typing itself, but to prevent collisions in the mechanisms when keys are adjacent to each other. The mechanism got stuck and you had to unjam it, so touch typing was annoying.
QWERTY is a keyboard for the typewriter. Dvorak is a keyboard for the typist.
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Post by SwimFellow on Jan 28, 2011 21:48:52 GMT -5
QWERTY.. Why do we need to fight about mac-pc?
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