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Hey Noodles, Shav and I've been talking about typing. Do you use a dvorak keyboard?

Anyone here using it? How long now, and why? Can you type on both?

These are things I need to know.

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Private PM perhaps?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Private PM perhaps?
My question is aimed at noodles, but I've also asked others if they are using dvorak. I also expect Shavix to participate.

What are you typing on, Thumbs?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
My question is aimed at noodles, but I've also asked others if they are using dvorak. I also expect Shavix to participate.

What are you typing on, Thumbs?

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No. Peter Pointer.....well actually both Peter and Poindexter two they are, after all, twins.

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
No. Peter Pointer.....well actually both Peter and Poindexter two they are, after all, twins.
That's better than eatmybishop... he types with his face.

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WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOOT, EH?

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I use a QWERTY keyboard and type 419 "ticks" a minute.
Seemingly this is very fast, but I can't find any real comparisons for it.

We're just wondering what people use and what's an average speed.

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Originally posted by rbmorris
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOOT, EH?
Typing's TYPING, LOSER!

Are you any good?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Hey Noodles, Shav and I've been talking about typing. Do you use a dvorak keyboard?

Anyone here using it? How long now, and why? Can you type on both?

These are things I need to know.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Typing's TYPING, LOSER!

Are you any good?

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It's ON! 😠

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Originally posted by rbmorris
It's ON! 😠
Okay. So... say we want a typing competition, just to conclude that Shavixmir is the fastest typer the world has ever seen (or RHP anyways)... how do we go about arranging this competition d'kings of keyboard?

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It's a type off. . . It's a type off 😛

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Okay. So... say we want a typing competition, just to conclude that Shavixmir is the fastest typer the world has ever seen (or RHP anyways)... how do we go about arranging this competition d'kings of keyboard?
Russ would need to fly us all to a neutral site, and provide us with plenty of pizza and beer.

Russ, Make This Happen!

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Russ would need to fly us all to a neutral site, and provide us with plenty of pizza and beer.

Russ, Make This Happen!

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Obviously I'm not going to contradict your assessment there...

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Hey Noodles, Shav and I've been talking about typing. Do you use a dvorak keyboard?

Anyone here using it? How long now, and why? Can you type on both?

These are things I need to know.

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I use the Norwegian Dvorak keyboard layout. I decided to learn Dvorak when I started writing my thesis. I wanted to learn to touch-type, but I knew I would be too tempted to cheat if I could see the letters, so I switched to Dvorak. It's also cool and nerdy, and it reminds me of Antonin Dvorak, and the online course I found was a lot more fun than QWERTY (or QWERTZ if you are German) courses. I have been using the Dvorak layout for about nine years now. I switched to Norwegian Dvorak (which is basically the same, but with the Norwegian letters æ, ø and å added, and the upper row is like on the Norwegian keyboard rather than the American one) a few years ago. I can't touch-type in QWERTY, and as I use it very very rarely, it can take a while to find the letters.

We had a thread about typing speed a while ago. In that thread I linked to a page where you can test your typing speed and accuracy. But as I am leaving for Tokyo in seven hours, still need to finish packing and should also try to get some sleep, I am not going to look for the thread or the test now. I don't remember what my typing speed was, but I am pretty fast.