X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,17229c713daec0bb X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,5c513960de185043 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-07 07:20:16 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: twp1@callisto.acpub.duke.edu (Travis "Wellington of Duke" Pouarz) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art Subject: Talk: Dvorak-QWERTY, domain name Date: 6 Oct 1994 13:38:21 -0500 Organization: Duke University Lines: 23 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <371g6t$50r@sashimi.wwa.com> References: <367pbd$897@gagme.wwa.com> <36k88a$4op@sashimi.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sashimi.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1959 alt.ascii-art:12732 I've always had an interest in Dvorak keyboards. I am intent on working on it in the next few weeks. However, the learning process is slow and my work just won't wait. I suspect that that is the main reason that Qwerty is the de facto standard: I know of no school that teachs anything but querty, nor have I ever even seen anything but Qwerty keyboards! That makes some things tough, such as control, command, alternate, etc. commands which most people (I believe) still type in a hunt and peck fashion in which seeing the letter printed on the key is a Big help. Also, some of the modified-key combination commands are layed out in a very convenient format (i.e. apple's cut, copy, paste: x,c,v and many find, find again, replace & find again commands: f,g,h). Nonetheless, I'm going to convert just as soon I can (get the hang of it). IMHO, Scarecrow.com sounds a lot classier than boba.com; it gets my vote. Travis --------------------------------- There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." -Frederick L. Collins