Re: OT...but perhaps of interest
- From: "Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)" <mike.hall.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 16:09:32 -0500
... and not likely to catch on either.. typists have gotten so used to QWERTY
keyboards, I really can't see them changing..
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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user
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"Peter" <r2d2 AT cesmail DOT net> wrote in message
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> Ah Dvorak, it never really caught on.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
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> <skearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Aset keyboard
>> It has been said that the most common letters were taken off the home
>> row of the first typewriter keyboard to slow down the typist and
>> prevent jamming.
>> On a Dvorak keyboard almost sixty percent of average text is typed from
>> the home keys. Transposing the letters 'etni' with 'dfjk' would put
>> more than 55% of text on the home keys, up from only 26% on the qwerty
>> layout. Thats more than twice the text typed without lifting a finger.
>>
>> The change is quite pleasent and easy to learn. I hope you will pass
>> this on.
>>
>> To put e, t, n and i back where they belong, there is a keyboard
>> remapping program that is free, downloads quickly and is very easy to
>> use. I am typing this email on a keyboard remapped to the 'etni'
>> transposition layout. The program is called 'Keytweak 2.11' and can be
>> googled up by that name. It is available from several sites, including
>> PC magazine and recommended by several keyboard manufacturers,
>> including TypeMatrix. The creator of the program is Travis Krumsick.
>>
>> 1) After you have loaded the program click start.
>> 2) Click the "KeyTweak" icon and a graphic of a keyboard will appear.
>> 3) Click the "Full Teach Mode" at the bottom of the screen.
>> 4) A box will appear. Click "Begin Teach Mode".
>> 5) Press the key you want to reassign, then the key you want it
>> reassigned to, in this case D to E.
>> 6) Click "Remap Key#1 to Key#2"
>> 7) The box will disappear and the scancodes of the keys will appear in
>> the "Pending Changes" window at the bottom right.
>> 8) Follow the same procedure (from 3) for E to D, and the remaining
>> six remaps.
>> 9) Click "Apply" and you will be asked if you want to turn off the
>> computer to apply the changes.
>> At the top there is also a clickable "Restore Defaults" to give
>> you back your qwerty layout.
>> I was able to remap in under three minutes and restore qwerty in
>> thirty seconds, not including the restart.
>>
>> You can try out the sample lines of text below to discover that your
>> fingers already know where etni should go.
>>
>> nineteen lean little saints settle in a nest
>> jkjdfddj ldaj lkffld askjfs sdffld kj jdsf
>>
>> an alien eats an ant antenna in atlanta
>> aj alkdj dafs aj ajf ajfdjja kj aflajfa
>>
>> elite sense entails a siesta in a satin seat
>> dlkfd sdjsd djfakls a skdsfa kj a safkj sdaf
>>
>> a stain is seen at a linen sale
>> a sfakj ks sddj af a lkjdj sald
>>
>> a latent latin talent tast tests in seattle
>> a lafdjf lafkj faldjf fasf fdsfs kj sdaffld
>>
>> insane santa sails in sea salt
>> kjsajd sajfa sakls kj sda salf
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>
>
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