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[Thomas]

Sedhed, in the seventies my wife worked for a word processing company (now defunct) that tried to promote the Dvorak keyboard. She was trained to go out and train others on it. She traveled the country teaching the keyboard but businesses simply would not switch.

My wife was selected for the job because of her patience, and if you don't believe me on that--she has been married to me for 30 years plus! Anyway, she swears that the Dvorak keyboard is far superior in its layout.

The reason for the QWERTY keyboard is that when typewriters were invented the hammer action of the keys was too slow for human fingers (except ww's, of course). The QWERTY board was designed to slow fingers down.

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 02-13-2004).]