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03 Apr 2005 02:58:11 AM |
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OT: Agnostic keyboard |
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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| Title: Re: OT: Agnostic keyboard |
03 Apr 2005 04:43:31 AM |
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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
1. Who did all the studies proving the Dvorak keyboard was
"superior"? Answer: Dvorak, the keyboard's inventor.
http://wwwpub.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/keys1.html
http://reason.com/9606/Fe.QWERTY.shtml
"We discovered that the Navy's top expert in the analysis
of time and motion studies during World War II was none
other than...drum roll please...Lieut. Com. August
Dvorak. Earle Strong, a professor at Pennsylvania State
University and a one-time chairman of the Office Machine
Section of the American Standards Association, reports
that the 1944 Navy experiment was conducted by Dvorak
himself. Strong was heavily involved with these issues.
He was the author of a key test of the typewriter
keyboard commissioned by the General Services
Administration."
2. Make like a taxidermist, and get stuffed.
Bob Dog
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Divine retribution is an idol threat.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Agnostic keyboard |
03 Apr 2005 05:02:31 AM |
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wrote:
skearney@accessbee.com wrote:
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
1. Who did all the studies proving the Dvorak keyboard was
"superior"? Answer: Dvorak, the keyboard's inventor.
http://wwwpub.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/keys1.html
http://reason.com/9606/Fe.QWERTY.shtml
"We discovered that the Navy's top expert in the analysis
of time and motion studies during World War II was none
other than...drum roll please...Lieut. Com. August
Dvorak. Earle Strong, a professor at Pennsylvania State
University and a one-time chairman of the Office Machine
Section of the American Standards Association, reports
that the 1944 Navy experiment was conducted by Dvorak
himself. Strong was heavily involved with these issues.
He was the author of a key test of the typewriter
keyboard commissioned by the General Services
Administration."
2. Make like a taxidermist, and get stuffed.
Bob Dog
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Divine retribution is an idol threat.
There was no small animosity between Dvorak and Strong and it has been
argued that Strong's results were just as biased as Dvoraks, apparently
most of Strong's documentation has been lost. Given that a study could
now be carried out with software, maybe it is time to settle the
question once and for all.
And isn't your advice a bit like saying 'Make like a taxi, and get run
over'?
Edvkje rdfrkbufkoj ks aj keol fhrdaf.
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