Present rsi and go faster
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You know anywhere good that explains the theory behind Dvorak?
It reduces finger movement and thus typing fatigue. Typical letter neighbors are typed with different hands to even out workload between your hands too.
Can confirm that it is easier on the hands even though I've never surpassed my previous qwerty typing speed. But it's not like typing faster makes any difference to me.
Hmm interesting. I’m pretty proud of my qwerty chops… would be hard to start again slow. 😭
I feel you. It was HARD on me to go from 100+ wpm in qwerty to really slow in both while I was learning dvorak.
But I was focused on the benefits, and that got me through. If I had trained more, I could have gotten my wpm back, but then I graduated college and didn't really need to type as fast anymore at my job and personal life.
Have a look at a vertical mouse and a split/ergonomic keyboards like Dygma raise/defy or ZSA moonlander with a tenting option. Your wrists, lower arms and shoulders will thank you. They avoid the horizontal (flat) position of your hands which often is what causes wrist pain.