Alex in Dvorakland, First Week

-day 1-

Bought myself a Qwerty keyboard and rearranged the keys.  That went well except for the j and the f holes, i had to file a tiny piece of plastic away.  But after the surgery all the keys on it worked smoothly!

-day 2-

Set up Gnome to use Dvorak.  It was easy, i just had to go to the keyboard settings and select “US – Dvorak”.  Then i used this guide to set up my pc for when i’m not using an X-Server. (like less than 1% of the time)

Now i was finally ready to start my classes!  I installed and started gtypist.  “ao ae au aa ss sn st sh … di du de do da dh dt … iu ie io ia ii …”

Typing Speed: Like an average Granny

-day 3-

Setting up my laptop to use Dvorak as well.  Ow and some more “tn ts th td te to ta …”

Typing Speed: Like an average 60 year old

-day 4-

“the tha thu … the mad hatter has a hat on his head …”

Typing Speed: Like an average 50 year old

-day 5,6 and 7-

I know most of the keys and my typing speed is going up, but it still is miles away from where i was with Azerty.

Don’t know if i’m going to stick with it.  This is a 3 weeks test and if i don’t feel more comfortable by then i’m going to switch to Qwerty.