Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.039 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'numerical': 0.05; 'typing': 0.05; 'am,': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'keys.': 0.16; 'pad': 0.16; 'reposition': 0.16; 'row': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.17; 'tue,': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'primarily': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.23; 'etc,': 0.23; 'keys': 0.23; 'section.': 0.23; 'received:209.85.161.46': 0.23; 'received:mail- fx0-f46.google.com': 0.23; "doesn't": 0.25; 'received:209.85.161': 0.26; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'typically': 0.28; 'lee': 0.29; 'subject:?': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'shift': 0.30; 'it.': 0.31; "can't": 0.32; 'too': 0.33; 'else': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'useful': 0.37; 'something': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.37; 'data': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'doing': 0.39; 'received:209': 0.39; 'number,': 0.39; 'easily': 0.60; 'your': 0.60; 'phone': 0.63; 'free': 0.63; 'touch': 0.65; 'home': 0.69; 'hands': 0.69; 'hand,': 0.74; 'entry,': 0.84; 'many.': 0.84; 'speed,': 0.84; 'subject:Improve': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=U4BTjyArJlYGscdoN7EcBhenPDTp54Stf/vn64NxAOo=; b=lvBz/XWLvlVatvdt02KbM+LJ61W+YlWs/i2DrxB9+HayqIKrroxZlu8AoShJ30CcgM qDK1o4ugVBcoS4ZtjPgwMcsio7N4Ag54xsLG8XjgTewVGjVgm6Aj/EDpusbX/uFy9IeM JyrjBE2MTfEWgkGX7GI+cA0M2z18dtBigDku8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=yBr65jyZ/eFBj08Dqyoxry8rogDHj4JmnVxoL3mZC19weybpqgEmTlW5IBT5eNBs39 7C6gse7hMMCXlnkaK8c9BXQhaFJAmghidqmHK4d8cQ5s3BRsgeqi9DWUxRsnujgCTsXF Swf25D0Be1UQmjy8Answ4gdGYHKZc1jdW4WA0= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8c8acba2-6831-4ac2-aac3-add4f1c4a1ab@r27g2000prr.googlegroups.com> References: <355e201c-437c-4944-9ad0-ae401df02651@22g2000prx.googlegroups.com> <4f4bv6hn40jsgpecuelejc66n7rkhv17fj@4ax.com> <55f6d32d-4451-4547-a39d-634b69179236@d26g2000prn.googlegroups.com> <95nsppFirfU1@mid.individual.net> <8c8acba2-6831-4ac2-aac3-add4f1c4a1ab@r27g2000prr.googlegroups.com> From: Ian Kelly Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:11:18 -0600 Subject: Re: Keyboard Layout: Dvorak vs Colemak: is it Worthwhile to Improve the Dvorak Layout? To: Xah Lee Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1308175910 news.xs4all.nl 49175 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:60932 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:7715 On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Xah Lee wrote: > numerical keypad is useful to many. Most people can't touch type. Even > for touch typist, many doesn't do the number keys. So, when they need > to type credit, phone number, etc, they go for the number pad. It's not about being *able* to touch type with the number keys in the main section. When you're doing primarily numerical data entry, the number pad is typically much faster to touch type with than the main number keys. In the main section, the number keys are too far removed from the home row to be able to type with any speed, and if you reposition your hands directly above them then the Enter, decimal, and Shift keys are no longer easily accessible. Touch typing on the number pad gives you everything you're likely to need in easy reach of your right hand, and if you need something else as well then your left hand is free to hover over it.