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@Zergling_man @ademalsasa @atoponce I never fully tested my speed with Qwerty, but because I learned Qwerty without proper typing style on old Atari computers, I topped out at somewhere around 75wpm on it. My wrists were also murdering me by the time I got to college. I easily hit 110 now with Dvorak without trying too hard, and my wrists usually don't hurt anymore.
I could probably get similar results on the wrist pain by typing qwerty properly, but it was a shortcut to getting proper typing form, relearning to type in an entirely different layout where I couldn't use looking at the keyboard as a crutch.
I could probably get similar results on the wrist pain by typing qwerty properly, but it was a shortcut to getting proper typing form, relearning to type in an entirely different layout where I couldn't use looking at the keyboard as a crutch.
@kazriko @Zergling_man @ademalsasa Regarding pain, that's why I switched--at the recommendation of my doctor.
I was a competitive piano player in addition to sitting at a computer all day, and noticed some numbness in my left wrist and elbow. My doctor thought it might be RSI and even early signs of carpal tunnel, so he suggested I find a new job and stop playing the piano.
I couldn't do either, so he mentioned some patients had success switching to Dvorak, so I gave that a try. It worked.
