DVORAK Day 1

Made the decision to switch from QWERTY to Dvorak today.

My brother and I repositioned all the keys on the keyboard, then pasted stickers on those that did not fit. [F, U, H, J]. They didn't fit because they had weird protrusions which made them able to fit each other only. Not sure why. Not sure why we repositioned the keys, too.

This program teaches you Dvorak pretty well. It teaches you how to touch type using your home keys.

Learnt aoeuhtns, 27 wpm. Was having trouble with H, T and N.

pyfg, 12 wpm (both after 3 tries on the practice and review).

Heard from this site that switching back and forth from QWERTY to Dvorak will result in confusion in your muscle memory.

"In this qwertified world [all computers have dvorak now], is it worth it to make the switch? Remember that you'll be developing a new set of "muscle memories", so it's very hard to unlearn qwerty and get used to dvorak. Also, do you ever use a keyboard other than your own? If you want to be able to use your friend's, coworker's, or library's computer, you'll have to still be able to type qwerty to do that, and it takes a lot of practice before you'll be able to switch at will. I used dvorak (and the occasional qwerty board) for over a year, and every time I had to change keyboards I typed with unbearable slowness, with generous use of the backspace key."

I still think that if you have the time, you should learn Dvorak.

How did I type this out then, if I'm not so proficient at Dvorak and want to use QWERTY? Copy and paste and hunt and type for letters.