On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 01:03:05AM -0500, Henry Spencer wrote:

Similar tests, on a smaller scale, have been done by modern ergonomics researchers. Same uninspiring results -- at most, a small advantage.

But if it's a distinct, statistically valid advantage, is there any good reason to avoid learning, using, and/or promoting the use of a marginally superior layout? what does a Maltron layout look like? Is it even physically similar to the keyboards we use today? Perhaps Dvorak is a step in the right direction, if only as a stepping stone, showing peole that There Is More Than One Way To Do It. Don't forget that there are also left- and right-handed Dvorak layouts which I think would be unarguably superior for one-handed typists. They use four levels of letters, with the numbers all off to one side. -- taa /*eof*/ -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml