This has been my (theoretically) third day of working on learning the Dvorak layout. I’m saying theoretically because I started late in the afternoon on the 21st.
I went through all the 29 lessons available on ABCD tutorial, and finished the last one today.
How far did I progress? Well, only today did I cover the entire keyboard and the letter placements through the tutorial. I’ve been pecking and hunting until today. I’m starting to feel at home with the positions, particularly early in the morning when the typing feels more automatic, as if I were still half-asleep and not forcing it.
There’s a definite rhythm to using it. I’m starting to see why it would be so beneficial in typing the English language. Even today, as I switched out to QWERTY for some work stuff, I found myself missing the ease and simplicity of some of the letter positions.
I expect that by tomorrow I’ll start regularly benchmarking my typing speeds. My current TypeRacer account clocks me in at 96WPM average. I’m looking forward to seeing just how well I can do with Dvorak, both tomorrow and in the days to come.
Even after three days I can say with certainty – my relationship with the Dvorak keyboard layout is going to be a long one.