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Will we use the qwerty keyboard in the future?

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iwasaskier
Posts: 171 - Karma: 10
i mean like it was invented to slow typists down during the typewriter era.. we dont use typewriters now our keys can't get stuck

i switched my computer to dvorak a couple years ago (ive gone back to qwerty due to social and professional reasons..) but it was a fucking breeze when i was on it, so many words made sense on the keys, you would never use one hand to type a whole word, like each vowel was at your right hand fingertips


i donno are we still going to use qwerty in 50 years? knowing how dated the technology was when they created the keyboard

think about how long you type per day, switching to dvorak or another faster keyboard layout would probably increase you 20 wpm (mavis beacon anyone?), that shit would add up

Oct 20 2008 12:37AM
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dope-fiend
Posts: 147 - Karma: 86
we'll probably bioengineer little gophers to read our thoughts and type them for us or something
Oct 20 2008 12:39AM
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dope-fiend
Posts: 147 - Karma: 86
ive never seen this keyboard your talking about by the way
Oct 20 2008 12:41AM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
Will we use keyboards at all in the future?
Oct 20 2008 12:41AM
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popNfresh44
Posts: 3757 - Karma: 44
well ive been using it for about 10 years now, so i doubt i would change. i find it pretty logical.
Oct 20 2008 12:58AM
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skiizy
Posts: 2137 - Karma: 16
wow i had no clue what you were talking about. but that is some weird shit
Oct 20 2008 1:02AM
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Fish_Sandwich.
Posts: 9108 - Karma: 16
I had to wikipedia Dvorak but that sounds sick as fuck.
Oct 20 2008 2:54AM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,093
We'll probably be able to just think words and they will type.
Oct 20 2008 3:08AM
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Rainbow*Stylin
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 24
that would be so fucking sick... i hate when i think faster than i can type, i get all fucked up sometimes
Oct 20 2008 3:34AM
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Scott~
Posts: 2551 - Karma: 49
A lot of programmers use dvorak keyboards, ive thought about getting one on several occaisons, but if I buy one or sticker one or whatever, kind of a pain. Its on the list though~
Oct 20 2008 4:01AM
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cmeriptahoe
Posts: 1785 - Karma: 12
I just wikipedia'd that also. Pretty sweet but I just don't know if I could switch. Actually at this point I could probably switch because I am still relatively young, but it would take me a significant amount of time I think.
Oct 20 2008 8:42AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
i don't think i could possibly type any faster.  my fingers can only move so fast. 
Oct 20 2008 10:19AM
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iwasaskier
Posts: 171 - Karma: 10
it takes 2 weeks to get used to dvorak..

just go on IM a lot, and try some papers


its honestly worth it, be prepared for the big switch bitchesssz
Oct 20 2008 2:59PM
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Sky.
Posts: 1158 - Karma: 287
i want to get one of those
Oct 20 2008 9:36PM
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Sholte
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hmm i could use Dvorak.
Oct 20 2008 10:06PM
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MANDER
Posts: 4017 - Karma: 2,038
scientists have found keyboards that are way more effective but no body wants to change because they  are used to qwerty
Oct 20 2008 10:20PM
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Sewardo
Posts: 1404 - Karma: 29
with the DVORK keyboard i would be so confused for a while cuz im so used to typin on a QWERTY style board.  in the future i think we should have monkey's to type for us!
Oct 20 2008 10:21PM
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WILLFRO07
Posts: 392 - Karma: 15
dvoark has looked sick to me for a long time, i've never been ambitious enough to change my keyboard though .
Oct 20 2008 10:47PM
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AALT
Posts: 1775 - Karma: 60
pics or it didnt happen?
Oct 20 2008 10:49PM
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Malcolm
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thatd be so sick. my really good ideas only stay in my brain for like a second
Oct 20 2008 10:54PM
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skifree919
Posts: 5842 - Karma: 35
As soon as the US switches to metric, we will use dvorak

aka never
Oct 20 2008 11:04PM
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Tasche
Posts: 5422 - Karma: 99
I thought I read somewhere that they did a study and found that that type of keyboard would not be any faster.
Oct 20 2008 11:05PM
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860
Posts: 2930 - Karma: 166
i dont see the difference?
Oct 20 2008 11:08PM
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shrEddie
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 65
imagine tripping and having your thoughts typed.
Oct 20 2008 11:13PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
dude, that would totally fuck with WASD! i'd have to reconfigure all of the controls in my games! fuck that i don't have time for that shit i'm too busy pwning n00bs! /nerd claim
Oct 20 2008 11:13PM
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skiizy
Posts: 2137 - Karma: 16
the letters are in different places
Oct 21 2008 12:05AM
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A-Style**
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so i just switched my keyboard to dvorak and its taken me at least 2 minutes to write this much, o make that 3... so weird!!!
Oct 21 2008 2:41AM
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DownhillDink
Posts: 129 - Karma: 11
i have been debating whether to switch to the dvorak layout. it seems much better but i would have to releaarn typing so idk
Oct 21 2008 2:58AM
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hartig
Posts: 8192 - Karma: 10
so i'm just trying this now and its mad weird going from qwerty to this.
Oct 21 2008 2:59AM
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james44
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seems kinda cool but this is so easy for me
Oct 21 2008 3:21AM
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ryan.c
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i can basically type anything with my eyes closed and do it pretty fast. i never look at the keys, just the screen. not claimin, just sayin that after all these years of using it ive gotten used to it, so switching would be the biggest pain in the ass and would take me longer to learn and much longer to type all my shit
Oct 21 2008 8:41AM
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spidey
Posts: 347 - Karma: 22
almost the entire world uses it i doubt it will change
Oct 21 2008 9:35AM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
Posts: 3018 - Karma: 8

We will use the newschoolers keyboard, when newschoolers dominates the world!

Oct 21 2008 9:49AM
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