From: Kristof Bastiaensen Date: 2004-12-23T06:12:10+09:00 Subject: Re: OT: vi useability question On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:03:27 +0900, Dick Davies wrote: > * Nicholas Van Weerdenburg [1214 15:14]: >> An interesting refutation of dvorak superiority. Anyone know of any >> other studies? >> >> http://wwwpub.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/harvj/harvard.html > > Isn't that one of the studies refuted in the link someone posted yesterday? :) > > Bear in mind most Dvorak users have used QWERTY, I'm not sure that's true > the other way round. > > Use what you like at the end of the day, it's not like I'm on commission > or anything. > It feels nicer to me, that's all. However, I like Marmite, thought the Big > Blue was one of the most boring films I've ever seen and prefer redheads > to blondes, so bear in mind I'm not you... I've read that querty was created to slow down typing on typewriters, because of mechanical issues. It was kept for compatibility reasons. Read more about it here http://computer.howstuffworks.com/keyboard1.htm Looks like the same reason people still are using C... KB