Article by Sander Rubin including instructions for using the Dvorak layout in Windows. [Mensa Bulletin]
Interesting narrative of Bob's observations about switching layouts and the psycho-epistemology of keyboarding
Includes instructions for remapping your keyboard for Windows, Mac, and XWindows
Academic article opposing Paul David's use of QWERTY as an example of market failure, by economists S. J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis. [Journal of Law & Economics]
Brief comparison of Dvorak and Sholes (QWERTY) layouts and some background
Marcus Brooks refutes Liebowitz and Margolis's "The Fable of the Keys". A postscript addresses "Typing Errors".
Santa Fe Institute study measuring speed on the two keyboards by the same persons, finding 4% superiority for the Dvorak keyboard, by Leonard J. West. Downloadable in PostScript format.
"The Dvorak alternative keyboard is a boon for the aching hand." By Alex Marshall. [Salon]
Article opposing QWERTY's use as a "false example" of lock-in of inferior technology (as a case against free markets). Less detailed than their 1990 article. By Stan Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis [Reason]
Dan Wood's original typing course
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