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**santa** · 01-04-2010, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Iconoclast

Furthermore, I will give you a far superior example of how adoption of a standard can fail. The QWERTY keyboard. One of the most stupid decisions ever made was to persist with that standard.

So which Dvorak keyboard do you use?

If you don't use one, you should then begin to understand why hardly anyone else does.

**santa** · 01-04-2010, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by antichrist

there is nothing wrong with the qwerty keyboard, inspite of the claim that it is designed to put "typewriter" all on the top line. what it does is put the most used letters in the easiest place to use.

That actually is not true.

Early typewriters were mechanical, and so slow that people could press keys faster than the machine could process them and the qwerty keyboard was designed to slow people down.

In theory, the Dvorak keyboard(s) provide a better design, but in practice most people have learned typing on qwerty keyboards and lack the patience to adapt to the new. Assuming they can find one to buy,

I have so many computers around here I'd need a dozen! And then, there are the laptops....

**Simon** · 01-31-2010, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by santa

That actually is not true.

Early typewriters were mechanical, and so slow that people could press keys faster than the machine could process them and the qwerty keyboard was designed to slow people down.

In theory, the Dvorak keyboard(s) provide a better design, but in practice most people have learned typing on qwerty keyboards and lack the patience to adapt to the new. Assuming they can find one to buy,

I have so many computers around here I'd need a dozen! And then, there are the laptops....

This sounds interesting because when I was a kid I knew someone who had a type writer. But I don't know exactly what a qwerty type writer is even though the letters qwerty are all in the same row on the top of my keyboard

01-04-2010, 01:40 PM	#136 (permalink)
santa Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Meadow Springs wa Posts: 64 FICS Handle: johncs	Originally Posted by Iconoclast Furthermore, I will give you a far superior example of how adoption of a standard can fail. The QWERTY keyboard. One of the most stupid decisions ever made was to persist with that standard. So which Dvorak keyboard do you use? If you don't use one, you should then begin to understand why hardly anyone else does.

01-04-2010, 01:47 PM	#137 (permalink)
santa Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Meadow Springs wa Posts: 64 FICS Handle: johncs	Originally Posted by antichrist there is nothing wrong with the qwerty keyboard, inspite of the claim that it is designed to put "typewriter" all on the top line. what it does is put the most used letters in the easiest place to use. That actually is not true. Early typewriters were mechanical, and so slow that people could press keys faster than the machine could process them and the qwerty keyboard was designed to slow people down. In theory, the Dvorak keyboard(s) provide a better design, but in practice most people have learned typing on qwerty keyboards and lack the patience to adapt to the new. Assuming they can find one to buy, I have so many computers around here I'd need a dozen! And then, there are the laptops....

01-31-2010, 08:21 AM	#138 (permalink)
Simon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 182	Originally Posted by santa That actually is not true. Early typewriters were mechanical, and so slow that people could press keys faster than the machine could process them and the qwerty keyboard was designed to slow people down. In theory, the Dvorak keyboard(s) provide a better design, but in practice most people have learned typing on qwerty keyboards and lack the patience to adapt to the new. Assuming they can find one to buy, I have so many computers around here I'd need a dozen! And then, there are the laptops.... This sounds interesting because when I was a kid I knew someone who had a type writer. But I don't know exactly what a qwerty type writer is even though the letters qwerty are all in the same row on the top of my keyboard

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