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	Dvorak Simplified Keyboard - DvorakSimplifiedKeyboard
		The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (pronounced /'dvoræk/) is a keyboard layout designed by Dr. August Dvorak and William Dealey in the 1920s and 1930s as an alternative to the more common QWERTY layout.
		A discussion of the Dvorak Keyboard is sometimes used as an exercise by management consultants to illustrate the difficulties of change.
		The Dvorak keyboard is often used as a standard example of network effects, particularly in economics textbooks, the other standard example being the competition between Betamax and VHS.
	www.kopete.org /Dvorak-Simplified-Keyboard.html (1710 words)

	Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard is a keyboard layout which is one of the more common alternatives to the QWERTY layout.
		It is also possible to learn how to use Dvorak only for touch typing while retaining the ability to use QWERTY when looking at the keyboard.
		Dvorak also proposed an alternative ordering of the digit s on the numbers row, 7-5-3-1-9-0-2-4-6-8, believing this arrangement to be more efficient.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard.html (759 words)

	keys1
		In discussing the background of the Dvorak keyboard and prior to introducing the results of the study, the report claims: ''Indisputably, it is obvious that the Simplified Keyboard is easier to master than the Standard Keyboard.".
		The Dvorak keyboard does a good job on these variables, especially A and B: 67% of the typing is done on the home row and the left-right hand balance is 47-53%.
		Although the Sholes (Qwerty) keyboard fails at conditions A and B (most typing is done on the top row and the balance between the two hands is 57% and 43%), the policy to put successively typed keys as far apart as possible favors factor C, thus leading to relatively rapid typing.
	wwwpub.utdallas.edu /~liebowit/keys1.html (9958 words)

	TypeMatrix and DVORAK
		August Dvorak invented the Simplified Keyboard (as he called it) in 1932 as a result of exhaustive time and motion studies.
		Dvorak and Dealey set about to minimize these problems and by 1932, had a keyboard layout that reduced finger movement an order of magnitude (10 times).
		Even Microsoft had the Dvorak keyboard available to its customers, but prior to the first version of Windows, the keyboard mapping within the computer had to be modified during the boot-up process.
	www.typematrix.com /dvorak (1662 words)

	Dvorak History--John Shipman
		The Dvorak keyboard is an offshoot of the work of Frank Gilbreth, the father of time and motion (efficiency) study; see the popular book "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Gilbreth and Carey for part of Gilbreth's story.
		In about 1930, Dr. August Dvorak, an American from Seattle (I've heard that he is distantly related both to Antonin Dvorak the composer and John Dvorak the iconoclastic computer columnist), undertook a study of efficiency in the office.
		At the end of his life (he died in the 1970s, I think), he was a very bitter man, because he got nowhere fighting the huge inertia of the organizations that make and use typewriters.
	www.primitivism.com /dvorak.htm (612 words)

	The Dvorak Keyboard and You
		The Dvorak keyboard layout was created in the 1930s by Dr. August Dvorak, a professor at the University of Washington, and William L. Dealey, his brother-in-law.
		Dvorak was a Commander in the Navy reserve at the time but did not organize, conduct, or participate in the study in any way.
		And though Dvorak was officially recognized by ANSI in November 1982 and the number of Dvorak users rocketed from 5,000 in 1982 to 100,000 in 1984, the furor died down.
	www.theworldofstuff.com /dvorak (3907 words)

	Qwerty and Dvorak keyboards
		Dvorak keyboard was designed for the typist, to make typing more efficient, more comfortable, faster.
		Qwerty keyboard was designed for the machine, to improve the performance of the machine not the typist.
		From numerous keyboard layouts proposed and tested, Dvorak keyboard became the alternate American standard.
	www.powertyping.com /dvorak/keyboard.html (580 words)

	Dvorak Keyboard
		One may purchase a Dvorak keyboard, but a cost-free alternative is simply to use software that comes with many operating systems that allows instant reassignment of the QWERTY keys to the Dvorak configuration.
		And that measure does not take into account other features of the Dvorak keyboard such as its propensity to alternate hands since all the vowels are on the left side of the home row and there is a tendency in English for vowels and consonants to alternate within words.
		Keyboard configuration, evidently, is intimately bound to self-perpetuating social convention, and the problem of inertia, which has cost us dearly in lost opportunities for ameliorating physical and economic harms, must be solved socially.
	www.dcn.davis.ca.us /~sander/mensa/dvorak1.html (2534 words)

	Introducing the Dvorak Keyboard
		The Dvorak keyboard layout is a control panel option on almost every current computer.
		Dvorak International's FAQ (HTML by Dylan James McNamee)
		Dvorak Keyboard Observations - The Narrative by Bob Ranger
	www.mwbrooks.com /dvorak (322 words)

	The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard: Forty Years of Frustration
		Dvorak solved this problem by putting the vowels (which comprise 40% of all typing) on the left hand side of the keyboard, and the major consonants that go along with those vowels on the right hand side.
		However, when Dvorak's students began winning with quite superior scores, there was no mention that they had used the DSK, only that they had used a machine produced by such-and-such manufacturer (after all, the real purpose of the contests was to prove the superiority of each manufacturer's machines, not the keyboard used on those machines).
		With no DSK typists in the contests, the performances on the standard keyboard were so dismal (at least one contestant won a third place with a zero net score) that they did not bother to announce the winning scores of each winner at the awards ceremony, as had been the case in previous years.
	infohost.nmt.edu /~shipman/ergo/parkinson.html (5748 words)

	DVzine.org - Dvorak FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Dvorak Zine is a 24 page zine that uses the power of Comics to promote Dvorak.
		These other keyboards and layouts may be excellent, and if you are interested you should check them out, but they are beyond the scope, expertise, and ambition of the DVzine team.
		The sad history of the Dvorak Keyboard which the Zine touches on is not the whole story.
	dvzine.org /faq/index.html (877 words)

	Dvorak Simplified Keyboard - Doomtech
		Dvorak Simplified Keyboard is a keyboard layout developed with comfort in mind.
		There is a keyboard compare applet (http://www.acm.vt.edu/~jmaxwell/dvorak/compare.html) (Java needed), which will show you how far you actually move your poor fingers around, on both the QWERTY and the Dvorak layout.
		By learning Dvorak I had two main goals, one was to learn to touch type, since I have always wanted to stop typing with two fingers, the other was to cope with some aching in my hands and wrists that I had noticed lately.
	doomtech.net /wiki/index.php/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard (1875 words)

	QWERTY & DVORAK KEYBORD-MICROSOFT VS APPLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In fact, the difficulty of retraining typists who use the vast installed base of QWERTY keyboards is the main obstacle to widespread acceptance of the Dvorak layout.
		Quote "the QWERTY keyboard was invented so that a salesman could quickly type the word "Typewriter" by placing his fingers on the top row of letter keys.
		Users of the Dvorak Keyboard may be faster and make fewer errors than an equally qualified QWERTY typist, but most importantly, stress on the fingers, hands and wrists is greatly reduced.
	www.jmusheneaux.com /6000ba.htm (1545 words)

	Dvorak Simplified Keyboard \| Gamers With Jobs
		The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (pronounced /'dvoræk/) is a keyboard layout patented in 1936 by Dr. August Dvorak, a professor of Education at the University of Washington, and William Dealey as an alternative to the more common QWERTY layout.
		The Dvorak keyboard layout was not widely adopted prior to the computer age.
		This is the keyboard that I use, although I can type in Dvorak on a standard keyboard as well.
	www.gamerswithjobs.com /node/28368 (1797 words)

	Konfabulator - Gallery - Dvorak Simplified
		If sufficient evidence was collected (regarding the health benefits of dvorak, and other aspects), and a presentation made to educational institutions, one could effectively initiate a dvorak typing course at the k-12 level.
		While dvorak may (or may not) rock, the problem with this type of conversion is that...
		What they don't realize is that Dvorak takes a lot less time to learn, which is why it's called the Simplified Keyboard.
	www.widgetgallery.com /view.php?widget=38263 (814 words)

	Shipman's Brief History of the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK)
		The Dvorak keyboard is an offshoot of the work of Frank Gilbreth, the father of time and motion (efficiency) study; see the popular book
		This article has the whole sad story of Dr. Dvorak's quixotic battles, and a lot of detail about the advantages of the keyboard.
		The same manuscript typed on the DSK keyboard is 1 mile.
	infohost.nmt.edu /~shipman/ergo/dsk-hist.html (746 words)

	Dvorak Simplified Keyboard information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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	www.tcpug.com /topics/keyboard/dvorak-simplified-keyboard.html (157 words)

	DVzine.org - Dvorak History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Dvorak publishes his findings on the ergonomics and mathematics of typing in "Typewriting Behavior: Psychology Applied to Teaching and Learning Typewriting.
		August Dvorak dies in 1975, a bitter man: "I'm tired of trying to do something worthwhile for the human race," he complained.
		Alec, Frunch and GCB self-publish The Dvorak Zine!!
	www.dvzine.org /info/index.html (268 words)

	Jake's HomePage - Dvorak Simplified Keyboard Layout Hardware Hacking Guide
		Usually a keyboard has a 'cupped' form, which may be created by either the shape of the keys or the construction of the bearer itself.
		This usually requires the placement of the keycap on the underlying mechanics at the location it needs to go and the apply a bit of pressure as if you are trying the depress the key, A bit more force may be required until the keycap pops back into place.
		Before hooking up your keyboard to the PC be sure the PC is setup to handle Dvorak keyboard layout.
	www.xs4all.nl /~skydiver/dvorak.html (1213 words)

	Dvorak Books Order Form
		Completed in 1944, it is a detailed scientific experiment on the Dvorak, complete and objective with very positive results.
		This excellent, detailed paper on keyboard design (with much emphasis on the Dvorak) demands that the Japanese don't make the same mistakes made in the West when they adopt a standard keyboard layout.
		Reprint from Dvorak's introduction of the keyboard to the world, it explains in the inventor's words the benefits of the newer keyboard.
	www.dvorak-keyboard.com /dv-order.html (501 words)

	Dvorak Simplified Keyboard Widget
		The Dvorak keyboard layout offers several improvements over Qwerty but it can be hard to learn, especially as there are few keyboards that use this layout.
		The Dvorak Keyboard widget is a novel solution for this problem.
		Using the Yahoo Widget Engine it shows the keyboard layout on screen so that there is no need to look at the keys themselves.
	www.vnunet.com /articles/print/2162813 (155 words)

	Dvorak Simplified Keyboard
		The idea behind the Dvorak keyboard is that the most commonly used letters are placed on the home row.
		This reduces the need to reach to the other rows, resulting in greater typing speed.
		Even though many feel this makes the Dvorak keyboard superior to the older QWERTY, all attempts to universally convert to the Dvorak have been met with resistance.
	www.fastload.org /dv/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard.html (149 words)

	Introducing the Dvorak Keyboard -- Layout Diagram
		Then open the PDF directly from Acrobat Reader.
		The arrangement shown here is common to most Mac, DOS/Windows, and OS/2 Dvorak layouts, but it is not strictly ANSI standard Dvorak.
		ANSI places both square brackets on the same key (requiring a shift for one), omits curly brackets (which usually end up both on the same key too), and leaves the +/= key on the topmost row.
	www.mwbrooks.com /dvorak/layout.html (155 words)

	DVzine.org - The Dvorak Zine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		"The Dvorak Zine" is a 24 page zine that uses the power of Comics to promote the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard Layout.
		Here you will find all the information you'll need to start typing Dvorak today!
		Well, I apologize for the lack of updates this season.
	dvzine.org (241 words)

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