Many months back a friend of mine told me about this ergonomic keyboard set-up called Dvorak. It sounded fine but why bother? My typing was easy and I had no real complaints. Until recently.
In the last few months I noticed my (non-dominant) hand complaining about all the work she was doing, and I started paying a little more attention to the inherent imbalance in the qwerty set-up. Not being one to back down from a challenge, I decided to take my friend up on his ringing endorsement of the Dvorak layout.
Now, you may or may not remember the significant frustrations that were involved when you first learned how to type. Try UN-learning all those patterns, and you wind up with spaghetti-head! My brain (and fingers) are in a jumble when I sit down to type now. If I am not at my computer, I have to revert to the qwerty set-up, which shouldn't be that hard since it is pretty well engrained in my muscle memory, but my mind likes to be difficult and mix up the two layouts at inopportune moments. The first few days are definitely the hardest, too. I went from typing 70+ wpm to maybe 25 (and that's being generous!).
Perseverance is key though, and having been at this new mind training project for just over a week, I'm really starting to enjoy this challenge! I'll let you know in a month if I am still of that opinion!
(If you decide to try Dvorak, let me know! I would love to know how it goes!)
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