Ars Technica

My quest to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout, part 2

To make an effective switch, one has to override muscle memory for using QWERTY layout for a long while. I started on my grandfather's "Underwood" typewriter when I was 7 and if I were to explore ...
The Baltimore Sun

Is the Dvorak a better keyboard? Typing: Although the “Qwerty” keyboard has dominated for more than 100 years, proponents of the Dvorak layout say it’s faster and easier ...

About six months ago, Kenneth D’Souza of Danbury, Conn., decided to teach himself to type. But he rejected the idea of learning the standard keyboard layout — commonly known as “Qwerty,” after the ...
Ars Technica

My quest to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout, the grand finale

Perhaps I type improperly, but I haven't used my pinky finger to type a single letter in this entire sentence on a QWERTY layout keyboard. As best I can tell, this is the same position as the "L" on ...
GIGAZINE

History of QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard layouts

Most modern keyboards are QWERTY. The QWERTY layout has no regularity in the arrangement of letters, and there was some backlash when this layout first came out. Designer Martin Vyčari explains the ...
Lifehacker

Create Your Own Dvorak Keyboard

Have you ever wondered why the keyboard you are using right now has the characters laid out in that particular order? The standard keyboard layout is called the Qwerty layout, and was designed around ...
Hackaday

Alternate Keyboard Layouts – For Geekiness And Other Reasons

[BiOzZ] wanted to try a different keyboard layout than the ubiquitous Qwerty, so he grabbed an old keyboard and converted it to the Dvorak setup. This was accomplished by first popping off all of the ...
Tidbits

iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 Virtual Keyboards Now Support Dvorak

Almost every computer keyboard in the English-speaking world uses the 19th-century QWERTY layout. You may not know that there’s an alternative: the Dvorak layout, which August Dvorak developed in 1936 ...
MUO on MSN

Your keyboard layout makes no sense — here’s how to fix it

You use your keyboard every day, but I bet you've rarely thought about why your keys are where they are. In the 1870s, ...
MacRumors

iPhones Have This Keyboard Option You Probably Didn't Know About

Since iOS 16, the iPhone has natively supported the Dvorak keyboard layout, giving users an alternative to the default QWERTY layout. Dvorak was designed to make two-handed typing faster and more ...
techtimes

iOS 16 Now Supports 86-Year-Old Dvorak Keyboard: Here's How to Switch From QWERTY to this Native Layout

The iOS 16 has multiple support for various keyboard layouts including QWERTY, AZERTY, and QZERTY. However, many people do not know that the newest operating system also supports a very old layout on ...
Engadget

iPad support for hardware Dvorak keyboards in latest SDK beta

A few months ago Macworld asked where's the iPad's Dvorak keyboard? Well, in the iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 5, which was released on Tuesday, there's support for hardware Dvorak keyboards in the OS; however, ...