Re: Qwerty and Dvorak touch-typing and AZERTY

[Daniel Say say@xxxxxxxx]

" As a guy who's quite a good qwerty touch-typist, I'd venture a guess that
" the training it would take to overwrite 30 years of muscle memory would more
" than offset the fractions of seconds I'd save by going Dvorak.
"
" Also, there's this: There will be times, I'm sure, when I'll need to sit
" down at somebody else's qwerty keyboard and just get something done. I'm
" afraid if I tried it with a brainful of Dvorak re-training, my head would
" explode like that guy in Scanners.
"
" WJ

	But consider those typing in other countries.
	When I'm using a French AZERTY keyboard or the
	dozens of minor ticks on even other international
	QWERTY.

	I have some trouble converting in some of these.
	In OS/2 there are even two Dvorak keyboards (differing
	in the arrangement of numbers).

	Paul Krugman is the economist who has recently used
	QWERTY legacy to make a point.

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