
Submission + - Dvorak layout not superior to QWERTY (reason.com)
Michael Pyne writes: Reason Online has an interesting article taking apart the argument that the Dvorak keyboard layout is a superior technology to QWERTY. This is brought up in the context of trying to argue against the conventional wisdom that the first product to market gains a large entrenchment benefit (e.g. VHS vs. Beta, MS-DOS vs. anything, etc.)
Being the first major standardized keyboard layout, QWERTY is not likely to be "ideal" for most, but how bad is it really?
Being the first major standardized keyboard layout, QWERTY is not likely to be "ideal" for most, but how bad is it really?