Comments on: The Sinister Divide http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide The personal weblog of Peter Hosey. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Peter Hosey http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide#comment-175319 Peter Hosey Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:25:29 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide#comment-175319 Christopher: <a href="http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2007-02-03/how-i-learned-dvorak" rel="nofollow">I've been using Dvorak for years.</a> It works very well. And I learned the QWERTY-⌘ version for the same reason you mention, which I think is also the reason for its existence. Simone: <blockquote>Curiously, for me, I use the left hand to type the 'x' in the Dvorak layout, rather than the right hand.</blockquote> So do I, actually. Having it marked for the right hand was an error, induced by me being tired and about to go to bed when I published this post. I've now fixed it. Christopher: I've been using Dvorak for years. It works very well. And I learned the QWERTY-⌘ version for the same reason you mention, which I think is also the reason for its existence.

Simone:

Curiously, for me, I use the left hand to type the 'x' in the Dvorak layout, rather than the right hand.

So do I, actually. Having it marked for the right hand was an error, induced by me being tired and about to go to bed when I published this post. I've now fixed it.

]]> By: Simone Manganelli http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide#comment-175218 Simone Manganelli Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:36:12 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide#comment-175218 Oh, actually, one other difference. I always press the spacebar with my right thumb, not my left, regardless of layout. Oh, actually, one other difference. I always press the spacebar with my right thumb, not my left, regardless of layout.

]]> By: Simone Manganelli http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide#comment-175217 Simone Manganelli Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:29:03 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide#comment-175217 Curiously, for me, I use the left hand to type the 'x' in the Dvorak layout, rather than the right hand. However, when I type using the QWERTY layout, I actually type as you do — using the right hand to type the 'b'. I guess that key position is the only one on the keyboard that is equidistant from the closest fingers of both the right and left hands, though, so it doesn't really matter what hand you use to type it. Curiously, for me, I use the left hand to type the 'x' in the Dvorak layout, rather than the right hand. However, when I type using the QWERTY layout, I actually type as you do — using the right hand to type the 'b'. I guess that key position is the only one on the keyboard that is equidistant from the closest fingers of both the right and left hands, though, so it doesn't really matter what hand you use to type it.

]]> By: Christopher Bowns http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide#comment-175215 Christopher Bowns Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:23:12 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-03-16/the-sinister-divide#comment-175215 So you're going to Dvorak, with Qwerty for the command key? I'm thinking about going back to Dvorak (for the third time), but don't want to lose a lot of my commands muscle memory (again). Do post about how it goes. So you're going to Dvorak, with Qwerty for the command key? I'm thinking about going back to Dvorak (for the third time), but don't want to lose a lot of my commands muscle memory (again). Do post about how it goes.

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