From: Pete Elmore <pete@...>
Date: 2004-12-23T07:00:16+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: vi useability question

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That's actually a common myth.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/Q/QWERTY.html explains it.

And don't bash C!  This is the Ruby list; bash Python.  ;)

Kristof Bastiaensen wrote:
| On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:03:27 +0900, Dick Davies wrote:
|
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|>* Nicholas Van Weerdenburg <vanweerd@gmail.com> [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
|
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