The Keyboard Layout Lie That’s Making Us Type Slower

TL;DR Why are we still using the QWERTY layout even if: it makes our fingers 'walk' way more miles for the same amount of written text (supposedly as much as 1 to 12-20) it makes us ~42% slower it causes all sorts of repetitive strain injuries Sounds like I made this up. But here, look it up for yourself: "Dvorak estimated that the fingers of an average typist in his day travelled between 12 and 20 miles on a qwerty keyboard; the same text on a Dvorak keyboard would require only about one mile of travel." ~ MIT "Dvorak “uses about 63% of the finger motion required by QWERTY” (i.e., ~37% less motion)" ~ Wikipedia The reason for this is simple: we've always done it that way ™. We just don't know that there's something better out there. And by better, I mean miles better. The second, more practical reason is that the change is hard . Like, really hard. Imagine having to re-learn how to ride a bike... Doesn't sound too fun, now does it? 🤦 I went through this myself a couple of years ago, a