FunkyMonkey Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 i went into regional setting but couldn't find the dvoark setting? is this setting avaiable in home edition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 for XP this is how I did it Control Pannel (Classic) > Regional And Language Settings > Languages tab > Details > Add Then there is a box with two scrol thingies... for the first make it have "English (United States)" and in the second have it on "United States - Dvorak" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy54354 Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 ...uhm why in the world would you want to do this? Seems like a dumb idea to me. I could understand if it was universal but.. its not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 your thinking of this as maby changing a transmission from automatic to manual... you cant easilly go back... however think of it as learning another language, like English and Spanish, you dont forget English when you learn Spanish... That and it is universal if you change 1 setting that takes about 1 minute to do... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmpFreak88 Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 On Microsoft's website they have a modified Dvorak layout which doesn't have any different keys that I use. It took me a while to get used to it, but now I can type a LOT faster than when I had a qwerty layout. It's fun watching people come over and start to type and then get confused. All you have to do is pop off the keys and put them in the right places. My Logitech keyboard was harder though because two keys popped on different ways. I think J anf F went on sideways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 hmm, maybe it's faster than QWERTY (which was supposed to be designed to SLOW people down from typing so typewriters wouldn't jam up if i remember correctly?) but then again, i get annoyed enough just switching to an American keyboard or even a mouse without the extra thumb buttons (i have a Intellimouse Explorer 3) or even a mouse without a scroll wheel (SO annoying) basically, i have to go into uni/work and use whatever they got there... i can deal with not having thumb buttons at uni/work... and even go without firefox... but man, having to switch between QWERTY in uni/work and go back home and think/type in DVORAK would just do my head in... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 On Microsoft's website they have a modified Dvorak layout which doesn't have any different keys that I use. It took me a while to get used to it, but now I can type a LOT faster than when I had a qwerty layout. It's fun watching people come over and start to type and then get confused. All you have to do is pop off the keys and put them in the right places. My Logitech keyboard was harder though because two keys popped on different ways. I think J anf F went on sideways. Yea, the two "home" keys have funny shaped bottoms :-\ But thats ok, I fixed it with some tape and paper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishop245 Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 as a mosly hunt and peck typer of about 30 wpm there is no way i will ever try dovark again which i have done lol and i dont like it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 Darn, at first I thought this thread was about Antonin Dvorak, the greatest Classical composer ever. Symphony #9 and Slavonic Dances are freakin awesome. B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD_Wannabe Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 the pic of the layout is here http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/layout.gif transparent background sucks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dignan Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 my first post ever in dvorak, it's sad, I am still switching between the two and still using qwerty on the dvorak layout. I guess I can still keyboard better then I thought I could. The problem is some of the keys aren't exactily the same size so I am starting to use feel cues for were the keys are. Your fingers don't extend nearly as much on this layout wierd feeling to type without hardly any hand movement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolzero101 Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 Im going to go make my old keyboard dvorak right now and give it a shot, ill post up a guide with pictures tommarow in the after noon about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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