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- From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
- Newsgroups: comp.misc
- Subject: Re: Really better? (Re: DVORAK keyboard?)
- Date: 8 Jan 1993 05:54:41 GMT
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- From article <1993Jan7.160953.3516@ncsa.uiuc.edu>, by jsue@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey L. Sue):
- > I'm really curious about the contention that the DVORAK keyboard is
- > really faster. I thought I read somewhere recently that a study was
- > done that brought this idea into question, if not completely dispelling
- > it. I wish I could remember where I read this, but it seems like it was
- > just a smallish article (probably just filler) - which would be difficult
- > to track down.
-
- I recall reading an article on this subject many years ago. Can't recall
- just where -- it _might_ have been Scientific American. Anyway, I recall
- that the conclusion was that Dvorak layout resulted in _faster_ typing
- rates, as well as being easier on the typists.
-
- Wish I could recall where that was.
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