Dvorak simplified keyboard experiences

[henry_yew]

Originally Posted by youngyew

Not necessarily, those pivot are quite strong and malleable at the same time. I have pulled out and replaced my keyboard keys many times without any trouble. I have only had to buy a new key once all these years. It was the Backspace.

That's not the case for my laptop. Stupid punya Vaio... one of the pivots in my left-arrow key broke when one of my files accidentally got lodged in the space between the key and the key "hole", and the applied pressure broke the pivot, and it can't be fixed back anymore.

[youngyew]

Buy a new key?

[hyperair]

Originally Posted by youngyew

Buy a new key?

Where can you buy a single key?

[youngyew]

http://www.laptopkey.com/

5 dollars per key.

[hyperair]

Hey that's pretty cool. My Thinkpad E220S doesn't seem to be covered though.

[Nicholas92]

Originally Posted by hyperair

I reckon it would take a while before you're confident enough to type on a keyboard with all the keys saying the wrong thing, though.

Actually I tried it before, it's not too bad. If you're somewhat used to the system of positioning your hands, and finding the start point of the two keys with the raised markings, (F and J? On mine anyway) it's pretty easy to type on a messed-up keyboard

Tried on my friend's, before.

[hyperair]

Originally Posted by Nicholas92

Actually I tried it before, it's not too bad. If you're somewhat used to the system of positioning your hands, and finding the start point of the two keys with the raised markings, (F and J? On mine anyway) it's pretty easy to type on a messed-up keyboard

Tried on my friend's, before.

You're experienced enough such that you can type blind. I used to type with my hands between the keyboard and the base of the desk (in the keyboard drawer) so I can pretty much handle typing on a wrongly mapped keyboard as well, but it took a while for my sister to be able to type completely blind even after she got the hang of touch-typing.

[Nicholas92]

Originally Posted by hyperair

You're experienced enough such that you can type blind. I used to type with my hands between the keyboard and the base of the desk (in the keyboard drawer) so I can pretty much handle typing on a wrongly mapped keyboard as well, but it took a while for my sister to be able to type completely blind even after she got the hang of touch-typing.

Haha I suppose, yeah

Well to me if you've done enough school projects on a last-minute deadline, chances are you'll have typed fast enough to not rely on looking at the keyboard anymore - and I never really had the hang of touch-typing, I always like a more tactile feel...

You know how you just get used to typing, then even if the keys are wrong your muscle memory kicks in and you just 'know' where the right key is? Something like that I suppose, haha.

No one ships Dvorak keyboards specifically, do they? I mean not as part of the PC or laptop.

[plawks]

Well I've never seen shops selling them even in Lowyat, but it's pretty easy to buy one online.

The most economic way would be using stickers or rearranging the buttons.

[hyperair]

Originally Posted by Nicholas92

Haha I suppose, yeah

Well to me if you've done enough school projects on a last-minute deadline, chances are you'll have typed fast enough to not rely on looking at the keyboard anymore - and I never really had the hang of touch-typing, I always like a more tactile feel...

You know how you just get used to typing, then even if the keys are wrong your muscle memory kicks in and you just 'know' where the right key is? Something like that I suppose, haha.

Yeah I know what you mean. I never actually made the effort to learn how to touch-type. It just sort of came naturally while I was competing with a couple of friends on a typing test..

Originally Posted by Nicholas92

No one ships Dvorak keyboards specifically, do they? I mean not as part of the PC or laptop.

No, but on the other hand, they do sell those blank keyboards. And then there are those with really great switches that are feel really awesome to type on (but are noisy as hell).