[Gllug] Dvorak Keyboards and vim

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Sat Jan 15 00:31:51 UTC 2005


On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Stig Brautaset murmured woefully:
> On 13 Jan 2005, at 18:24, Tethys wrote:
>>  The only reason to
>> switch layout these days is to try and avoid RSI. In which case, go
>> for a Maltron layout that's explicitly designed for that purpose and
>> does a far better job than either QWERTY or Dvorak anyway.
> 
> Dvorak keyboards have the advantage of being more comfortable than
> QWERTY while at the same time being usable by others

That's an advantage? :)

> you could just have an an additional keyboard attached to your
> computer.

Keyboard switches are cheap, and the peons can damned well use a cheapo
QWERTY keyboard. :)

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