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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Forgot about home row, they tried to teach me to type their way but I didnt like that

Now I type faster than most but thats not saying much

However I look at the keyboard only, instead of the screen only like they tried to teach

My way I can move my fingers as fast as possible and i'm accurate, I know what key I hit so I know what it says on the screen without looking

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    Isn't that just keys in different places. How does that help long term?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Haven't tried it personally, but from what I know it's supposed to fix some of QWERTY's pitfalls. QWERTY was originally made for typewriters and has some things in mind to prevent jamming (i.e. placing letters that appear next to each other in words far from each other on the keyboard). Modern keyboards don't have those mechanical limitations any more; from what I know DVORAK and other alternative layouts try to optimise things by placing most used letters on the home row and alternating between hands, but now have to overcome the fact that maybe 99% of people are used to QWERTY.

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