I’m still switching between keyboard layouts as it suits me. While this flip-flopping is no doubt slowing down my progress, it’s surprising 1) how hard it is to engage in online conversations when ...

My Dvorak keyboard layout experiment has come to an end. I received hundreds of comments across the three-part series and many more e-mails and tweets from interested or concerned readers. As promised ...

The standard QWERTY keyboard layout may not actually be your friend. According to popular legend, the QWERTY keyboard was created in the 1860s by a man named Christopher Latham Sholes in response to a ...

iPad owners who are used to the Dvorak layout may find it disappointing that the device does not yet have support for this keyboard layout. While most people use the standard QWERTY keyboard layout, ...

Alternative keyboards have been around for a long time, and while the traditional QWERTY keyboard won the fight, that doesn't mean the other layouts aren't worth considering. Advocates for alternative ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Although I’ve gone on the record as being a proud Dvorak user for over a decade, when it comes to touchscreen ...

A crafty MacBook owner has gone through the tedious act of switching his MacBook’s QWERTY keyboard for the Dvorak layout. The Dvorak layout (named after Dr. August Dvorak, not that Dvorak) was created ...

Reader Jane Kerns has a bone to pick with Microsoft in regard to her favorite keyboard layout. She writes: I have used the Dvorak keyboard layout for close to 30 years. I also use Microsoft Word 2011.

I'm no stranger to using different keyboard layouts. I'm a big mechanical keyboard fan, and I still use typewriters, even in 2026. The IBM Selectric I grew up with had a QWERTY layout, and the vintage ...