Re:Why do we all still use Qwerty keyboards?
by AznHisoka on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @11:14AM
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because it works, and changing to somethig marginally better is not worth it if you have to relearn the keys for even a few days.
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Re:Why do we all still use Qwerty keyboards?
by melling on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @11:23AM
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Plenty of people suffer from RSI from long uses of the keyboard and mouse:
https://medium.com/@benjiwheeler/what-to-do-when-typing-hurt...
https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/11/18/rsi-solution/
Most alternate keyboard layouts (e.g. Colemak, Dvorak, etc) require a lot less hand movement, which might prevent RSI.
Re:Why do we all still use Qwerty keyboards?
by fibonachos on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @11:33AM
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About four years ago I began experiencing some of the early symptoms of RSI, so I decided give Dvorak a try as an experiment. My personal experience is that it has increased typing comfort, my RSI symptoms went away, and my typing speed is about the same as before. Some people will pick it up faster than others, in my case it was a couple of months before I felt that the muscle memory had fully developed.
Once in a while when I have to use a QWERTY keyboard, the difference in the amount of finger and hand movement is very apparent. As for typos, I certainly still make them, albeit different ones. Just a guess, but I'm guessing that they are probably similar or the same physical key combinations I had trouble with in qwerty.