Help me out here folks. If you were going to teach someone to type (using software of course) would you teach them the basic QWERTY system or Dvorak? I'm leaning towards the latter, but would like to hear some good reasons against my plan. The boys start their first typing lessons tomorrow.
Posted by Joe at September 19, 2003 05:24 PMWhy Dvorak? I mean, can you find those keyboards anywhere?
Posted by: Marko at September 20, 2003 05:29 AMDvorak keyboards come with ALL operating systems. It's just a drop down menu on the Macs. A slightly more complicated hoop to jump through on Windows, but somebody showed it to me yesterday. It is there.
Posted by: Joe at September 20, 2003 10:22 AMYes, but the layouts on the keyboards are QWERTY, so unless you carry some sort of overlay with the Dvorak keys to put on the QWERTY keyboard, it would be a bit more complicated to use it.
Posted by: Marko at September 20, 2003 07:36 PMNo, no, no Marko. When I type on a QWERTY keyboard (and unfortunately I am a fast QWERTY-man) I NEVER look at the keyboard. In fact, looking at the keyboard confuses me and slows me down. The boys will never look at the keyboard whatever they learn. I figure the more efficient Dvorak will be better for them in the long-term, but I am facing resistance ...
Posted by: Joe at September 20, 2003 08:18 PM