Learn Dvorak

…i think NaNoWriMo may be slowing my progress a bit, as almost all my typing lately has been on my novel… and to keep word speed up, in QWERTY… so almost no Dvorak practise. bah.

i know where everything is. just gotta work on muscle memory.

…and i’ve mostly switched from QWERTY to Dvorak. It’s still a bit typo-ridden but i’m getting plenty of practise. w00t.

There’s no way i’ll be NaNo-ready by Sunday, though. I’ll have to go with QWERTY for novelling and Dvorak for everything else.

Dvorak (having not practised in about a week): 7 WPM

QWERTY (same test): 60 WPM

Dvorak (same test, after some practise): 12 WPM

i think, if i just use Dvorak REGULARLY, i can at least hit 60 before NaNoWriMo…

…currently typing in slow and typo-strewn Dvorak…

To ease the burden of typing in College, also, it’ll be fun to have all my letters blanked out and relearn a new method that none of my family can keep up with.

using qwerty computers at the school and friends houses is proving to be a problem, but at home on dvorak im typing @ triple the speed i was ^_

I’ve completed an online Dvorak typing tutorial a few days ago, and I’m happy to say that I can type Dvorak at a reasonably alright speed now.

It actually feels more comfortable than QWERTY, but I’m guilty of not using it too often haha.

So I’m determined to use Dvorak more often!

Since I broke my wrist last year and needed a cast, my typing style has changed anyhow (I now only really use the pointer finger on my right hand, while still employing all the fingers on my left hand), so I know I can change my style.

So why not to something more efficient, instead?

After about six years of exclusivly using Dvorak, I’m really thinking about going back to qwerty. :-( It would be easier to type when using someone else’s computer, without having to go into the settings to change it and more importantly it would be easier to type in Chinese.

I’m actually typing this with Dvorak now, and I just started yesterday. I’m very slow at this point of time, but I hope to improve within the next few days and I feel that it’s worth learning.

Update in a few days!

I never learned to touch type which is ironic because I am a computer technician. I learned to “hunt and peck” QWERTY at 55 WPM with less than 90% accuracy.

I have been learning dvorak for less than a week and I can now type with it at about 40 wpm. I think it’s actually easier to learn than QWERTY. I would HIGHLY recommend switching.