On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 11:41:26PM -0500, Peter Hiscocks wrote:

Personally, it's my opinion that it's gotta be easier on the hands to have the commonly used consonants and vowels in the home row. In Querty, the 'e' is on the top row, where you have to reach for it. Apparently IBM used to sponsor typing speed contests to promote their typewriters. One of Dvorak's claims was that IBM did not want to have to produce two layouts, so they opposed the Dvorak layout. When Dvorak typists began to clean up in the contests, IBM dropped their sponsorship. It would be interesting to have a modern-day speed contest between an expert Querty and Dvorak typist and see if there really is a consistent speed difference.

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