I Learned Dvorak So You Don't Have To

Just paste it into a file and copy to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us (make a backup of "us" first).

MUSIC:
Intro: Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
Video: Receptor - Room 302

[burnzy]

linux _and_ dvorak.... dang dude your computer is completely secure from normies now

[ze_rubenator]

I just want to point out that that's a picture of the famous Czech romantic composer Antonín Dvořák, who had nothing whatsoever to do with the Dvorak keyboard layout.

[halinallet]

"I'm tired of trying to do something worthwhile for the human race, they simply don't want to change!" He got me at that point.

[johannesknudsen]

I converted over to Dvorak 'bout a year ago. I do a lot of editing and typing of documents. I no longer have an issue with Carpel Tunnel in my wrists. Some typing is as fast, some faster. And, no one else can type anything on my computer if I forget to lock it at work.

[Xizax]

I dated a girl that used dvorak with a qwerty board and it made me want to punch myself in the face everytime I had to use her computer. How she learned it, I have no clue.

[Noukkis]

Pretty sure it's a picture of Antonin Dvorak tho

[connorWithTheReallyLongHandle]

OH HELL YEAH DVORAK SEEMS GREAT!
*Looks at VIM shortcuts*
On second thought...

[ItsKingMyles]

I had a professor that used Dvorak. i think he was just trolling everyone when he would change the keyboard layouts on public computers.

[kittyfluffins]

I type in both Qwerty and Dvorak. Took about 3 months to get really good. Dvorak is way more comfortable, definitely prefer it. Never forget how to use Qwerty though because you’ll always need it. I use a Typematrix keyboard which has hotkeys in the normal Qwerty positions, check it out.

[ddnava]

"In 99% of the cases you're gonna see a QWERTY layout"
France: Hold my croissant!!

[sippy-tjxi]

You showed the wrong Dvorak, that was Antonin Dvořák not August Dvorak

[ThioJoe]

The thing I'm most curious about is whether after learning Dvorak, how hard is it to switch between them? It might be worth it for example, if I could use Dvorak only when typing in MS Word or something, but Qwerty the rest of the time. So literally switching between both methods on the fly depending on which window you have open. I imagine the brain could learn to do it given enough practice but I wonder what it's like initially.

[HTSN]

I never properly learned QWERTY in grade school. I always had to look down to type. Learning Dvorak was an opportunity to rewire my muscle memory and switching during my 2nd year of university definitely encouraged me to learn faster.

[thegardenofeatin]

Number one reason to use QWERTY rather than DVORAK: just in case you ever have to use a computer that isn't owned by you.

[Blzut]

I learned Dvoark for awhile, but stopped when I realized that it made using the terminal (and programming in general) less comfortable in my opinion. I then did more research and found the workman layout (derivative of Colemak), and got the best of both worlds. Typing speed even increased over Qwerty (100wpm instead of 80wpm) but I attribute that to learning to touch type properly in the process instead of the modified method that I naturally learned. Based on the research I've done I've pretty much come to the conclusion that, as the second most popular layout, Dvorak is riding on notoriety than anything else and Colemak and derivatives are just plain better is basically every metric. When I get asked about learning an alternative keyboard layout I usually recommend Colemak, since while I personally have never used it, it does have better ecosystem support than workman et al and should generally be similar in experience.

[SirSethery]

I mean, when I type 'minimum' I naturally stretch my middle finger to hit that 'u' and it's pretty fast. It's actually kind of a fun word to type.

[Dedskees]

When I was younger I really wanted to be able to talk to people and continue to click with my mouse simultaneously while playing games, I found that very hard with QWERTY but in my quest for a solution I discovered DVORAK for left hand users which is a specific form of DVORAK made for typing solely with your left hand. I just decided "ok, I'm going to make this my keyboard layout and use it tell I don't need to think about it." Took about a year and a half until I was set, I type at ~60wpm with my left hand.

[albex]

I'm a radical Dvorak user and I agree with all points in this video.


Also here's a simple 4-step guide to learning dvorak:
Step 1: Switch your phone keyboard to Dvorak
step two: get a girlfriend who likes to text with you a lot
StEpThRe3eE: ????
Step Four: Profit

[poindexterfrink]

I never actually practised touch-typing qwerty, so the day I actually tried to learn to do it, I learned Dvorak. On linux, I have aliased "asdf=xsetkblayout dvorak" and "aoeu=xsetkblayout us" so that I can switch easily on the homerow.

[wtfpwnzred]

"Painful" is the right word. I've been using dvorak for years, and while I enjoy it now, it was definitely miserable going from 80wpm to 4wpm.