Lets say you have 2 computers, one uses qwerty layout and the other one dvorak: can you quickly switch between the two without getting used to one or the other?

  • davel@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Why would I want to? Why not switch the other computer to dvorak?

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    4 months ago

    If your daily driving two wildly different layouts you will get used to it and it won’t be any inconvenience.

    But, if you rarely switch, then the transition will trip you up.

  • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Pretty frequently, but I hear this is uncommon.

    Usually for anything text heavy I’ll use Dvorak. So chat or document writing.

    For programming I’ll use qwerty.

    On my Linux workstation I use qwerty since Linux keyboard layout isn’t window specific. But on my OSX and Windows I commonly switch between them.