the Dvorak keyboard and xp/vista

I just read that windows xp and vista each have a way to support the Dvorak keyboard layout. I have no clue how to enable it or use it, so if anyone knows or knows how to find out, please tell me! I dont want to put the stickers on my keyboard just to find out I cant get the computer to switch. Thanks.

 

disregard this post, i just found a site that explained how.

 

Feel like posting a link so that others can benefit from your searching?

 

http://www.dvorak-keyboards.com/Change_qwerty_keyboard_to_Dvorak_in_30_seconds.htm

 

Brilliant! Until this day I never even knew what a Dvorak keyboard was - genious!

 

its a real pain relearning to type though. it took me 5 minutes to type this. i am still undecide if i want to do the left handed one to free my right hand for a mouse (for gaming ) or the two hand one.

 

Yeah but I sorta wish schools and society accepted Dvorak over the crappy QWERTY system. Dvorak not only increases typing speed and accuracy, but the keys are placed specifically that the home row and the top row contain the most common English letters, while the dreaded bottom row have the arcane letters. I also hear that QWERTY typers have to travel 20 times more "distance" than Dvorak typers typing the same thing, which is good for your fingers.

 

Eh... Dvorak is nice. I've been using it more lately. I'm not sure it's worth it though. I do like the feel of the layout better, and it's true that you wind up doing more drumming-the-fingers motions, and that there's less finger movement. On the other hand, so to speak, there are invariably times when you can't use Dvorak, and it pays to then be able to type quickly in Qwerty, and to know where the individual keys are by touch.

In spite of typing primarily in Dvorak for a couple months now, I still find myself faster in Qwerty, and I don't think it does anything for accuracy. I've also caught myself confusing the occasional individual key, which can be very annoying for password entry. It can be a bit bothersome to have to always pay attention to what "mode" you're in too...

It is a lot of fun to change the computer to Dvorak, and then offer the keyboard to another person...

 

I know my friends are going to try to use my new laptop when i get it, they would always play WoW on my old one even though i hate that game. I think I can get around that with the Dvorak though lol.

 

Think of having Dvorak as an added security feature.

If you have an unwanted guest on your laptop and it's in Dvorak, he'll be in "wtf mode" pretty fast.