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hi

2006-01-10T20:50:22Z

new to this Tribe
have you seen the zine and website:
http://dvzine.org/
???

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Dvorak Hack for IR Palm keyboard

2005-08-01T21:01:45Z

Hi - does anyone know of a keyboard hack that works with Palm OS5. Just got a new IR keyboard for my LifeDrive. Looking for a way to switch the keyboard to Dvorak. (been touch typing Dvorak for 10 years). Thanks!

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the first 300 words

2005-02-06T05:12:05Z

Nice to meet you all.

When I was learning it seemed silly to type random 3 letter groups, so I whipped up a script that looks for sets of letters and fed it a list of the 300 most common words in English. These are the results.

Querty homekeys: 3
a as all

DV homekeys: 30
the a to that he on as at one not an out then she so these has see no than use too set us those house one soon sun sea

Querty homeline: 5
a as had all has

DV homeline: 51
the and a to in is that it he on as his at this i one had not an said do out then she so these into has see no than its did use used too does set us end sound those house one side head need hand soon sun sea

Querty homeline and pointer: 34
and a that as at by had but all an many has than my may just man any day must say small mr last us land far hand study days hard try sun usually

DV homeline and pointer: 129
the of and a to in is you that it he on as his they at be this i by one had not but an said if do about up out them then she many some so these into has him see time no make than been its my made did find use may most get go good used me man too any day same think must does take things put again off men say found name home big set us end might next sound something thought both those often asked house going one food keep feet side boy enough took sometimes head kind began page got need hand high night being study eyes soon times boys days best today means young sun thing sea against top point using

DV homeline, pointer and crl: 238
the of and a to in is you that it he for on are as his they at be this from i or by one had not but all there can an your their said if do each about up out them then she many some so these other into has more her like him see time could no make than first been its people my made did only find use may long little after called most get through back much before go good our used me man too any day same right look think also around another came come three must because does part place such here take things help put years different again off old number great tell men say small found still name should mr home big air line set under read last us left end along might next sound something thought both those looked large often together asked house going school important until one form food keep children feet land side boy once animals life enough took sometimes four head kind began almost page got earth need far hand high year mother light parts country father let night picture being study second eyes soon times story boys since days paper hard near sentence better best across during today others sure means try told young miles sun thing hear example heard change room sea against top turned three learn point city play using himself usually

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Tips & Suggestions

2005-02-06T02:51:03Z

I've heard about the pro's about dvorak (faster?, comfort), but what are some of the con's with using dvorak that you've experienced, besides compatibility with QWERTY?

Second, any tips and/or suggestions on where/when/how to get started with dvorak? Did you have luck just diving into dvorak and quitting QWERTY cold turky? Know of any good free training software?

Thanks!

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Getting there

2005-02-06T02:42:51Z

I'm up to 35 words per minute now, and it feels like it will be getting easier very quickly. When I'm in the groove, I can probably do 40 or 45 right now. I'm still making a lot of mistakes when I'm thinking about it too much; I hit O instead of S, F instead of Y, and U instead of F. All of these are direct QWERTY (that's an odd word to type on Dvorak) errors. I've beaten the L for P one and the punctuation, so it's only a matter of time. :)

I am also sometimes having trouble getting O and E transposed, but it's still improving. A month of slow typing has been quite a pain for me, and I had to switch to QWERTY a couple of times when I needed speed. I now am a slower typer on QWERTY than I am on Dvorak though -- feels like it anyway, I have to be looking at the keyboard almost all the time. I'm debating whether to keep QWERTY proficiency, but in the long run it'll probably be worth it.

Anyway, just a status update... :)

~Sam

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"Make Mine Dvorak" from Slate magazine

2005-02-06T02:34:13Z

One of my coworkers sent me a link to this. Pretty good article.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2061547

~Sam

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Challenge accepted Sam

2004-09-08T05:48:09Z

Alright Sam, I have accepted your challenge! I will learn Dvorak If it kills me. Thanks for the project you've given me, I have many hours of this pursuit ahead of me. I just finished a typing test at 5 words per minute so I'm on my way!

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Taking the plunge...

2004-02-24T04:53:29Z

This is my first post to Tribe.net from a Dvorak keyboard, but not the last; I'm finally committing to full-time Dvorak usage. Got out the Sharpie and relabled all the keys, printed up a keyboard chart, now I just need practice time (badly: from "Got" to here took 2.5 minutes, but I'm on my way).

~Sam

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