Hmmm. I don't quite remember. Within a week I was up to maybe 30, I think. And a couple months on I was typing pretty respectably. The silly thing is, I'd switched in order to ease the strain on my hands, right during a bout of tendonitis, and of course the relearning process actually caused more strain while my hands dealt with conflicting impulses from my brain...
The main trouble I have with typing Dvorak on a QWERTY keyboard is remembering where hotkeys are for various things. The convenience of having X/C/V under your left hand for cut/copy/paste is gone and, probably worst of all, it puts Paste (V) perilously close to Close Window (W). But I do prefer it by a mile.
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Date: 2005-12-22 04:49 am (UTC)The main trouble I have with typing Dvorak on a QWERTY keyboard is remembering where hotkeys are for various things. The convenience of having X/C/V under your left hand for cut/copy/paste is gone and, probably worst of all, it puts Paste (V) perilously close to Close Window (W). But I do prefer it by a mile.