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Subject: Talk: Dvorak-QWERTY and Repetative Strain Injury
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In article <36nd5f$an0@gagme.wwa.com> rtucker@worf.infonet.net (Ryan Tucker) writes:
>From: rtucker@worf.infonet.net (Ryan Tucker)
>Subject: Talk: Dvorak, domain name, sysadmins (Hi Greg & Dave)
>Date: 2 Oct 1994 17:45:03 -0500


>Bob Allison (boba@wwa.com) wrote:
>> >QWERTY is still taught in school typing courses (at least here).  The 
>> >main reason is because they like to use the computers "out of the box", 
>> >and don't have time or money to change the keyboards.  And, most 
>> >businesses have QWERTY keyboards, so to create more productive workers, 
>> >they teach QWERTY.

>>    Is it true that QWERTY causes more long term damage to the hands?

>Hmmm... dunno.  There haven't been any studies on it, as far as I know.

>(and, there's not enough people using Dvorak to really do a good study)

... sorry to cut here, but if you refer to RSI (= Repetative Strain Injury) 
then it's not the keyboard type itselft (Dvorak or QWERTZ (german version)) 
but rather the fact that the keyboard is one big block and one has to hold the 
hands in a position which is not straight to the arms. So you hold your hands 
in an unnatural position for a long period which may damage the joins between 
hands and arms.



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