Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.vt.edu!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Keyboard Layout: Dvorak vs Colemak: is it Worthwhile to Improve the Dvorak Layout? Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:34:05 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <355e201c-437c-4944-9ad0-ae401df02651@22g2000prx.googlegroups.com> <4f4bv6hn40jsgpecuelejc66n7rkhv17fj@4ax.com> <55f6d32d-4451-4547-a39d-634b69179236@d26g2000prn.googlegroups.com> <95nsppFirfU1@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-220-17-92.usiwireless.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1308022445 27761 67.220.17.92 (14 Jun 2011 03:34:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:34:05 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:7582 On 2011-06-14, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> And did any of the studies take into account the fact that a lot of >> computer users - in all but the purest data entry tasks - will use a >> mouse as well as a keyboard? > > What I think's really stupid is designing keyboards with two > big blocks of keys between the alphabetic keys and the mouse. > Back when standard-grade keyboards didn't usually have a > built-in numeric keypad, it was much easier to move one's > right hand back and forth between the keyboard and mouse. That's why I always buy keyboards without numeric keypads. :) Another good solution is to put the mouse on the left-hand side. -- Grant