oh dear.

[egypturnash]

I'm typing this in Dvorak. My keys are still laid out in QWERTY. It appears that Powerbook keys are not too hard to lift off and replace, but I'm not brave enough to try it without a specialized tool. switching back to QWERTY-- I suspect the really hard bit will be retraining my muscle memory for Illustrator. I lean heavily on the keyboard shortcuts, and don't think of them as the letters any more - I couldn't tell you what keys to hit for some of the most frequently-used tools. It's a separate problem from learning to touch-type with Dvorak. I semi-touch-type with QWERTY: my hands flutter around the keyboard fairly quickly, but I really only use the first and second fingers of either hand, with the thumb for the space bar and pinky for the occasional stretch to do command-something with one hand. I'm finding that my long nails are a bit of a problem when trying to "properly" touch-type...

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[dsch.livejournal.com]

I just rearranged a couple of the keys on my iBook based on that tutorial. (Not to Dvorak, but to the standard German layout, but whatever.) It actually is easy and safe to pop off the keys and switch them via the "push bottom of key, pull top of key" method.
...I probably shouldn't have tried that while the computer was still on, but whatever...It works fine.