What are the advantages of Colemak vs. Dvorak?

If you're asking this question, you're thinking about switching from qwerty*. You want as much ergonomic and speed improvement with as little pain as possible. For that, even Colemak is too heavy. read more

As compared with QWERTY, QWERTY fingers travel 50% farther than Colemak. Dvorak has similar gains, but because of the poor layout, the weak fingers get tired too quickly. I’ve been using QWERTY for 30 years, type 120 wpm. I was using Dvorak for less than a year, used to type 60 wpm, gave it up. I’ve been using Colemak for 10 years, type 80 wpm. read more

The Dvorak keyboard, with all its advantages, is very different from the QWERTY keyboard that many English-speaking typists grew up with. The Colemak keyboard attempts to borrow some of the best design ideas from the Dvorak keyboard without losing the familiarity of the QWERTY keyboard. read more

Dvorak layout is invented in 1936. Colemak is invented around 2005. Colemak proponents like you to believe that Colemak is the modern better more efficient layout. [see Dvorak Keyboard Layout] [see Alternative Keyboard Layouts] Rolling Finger vs Alternating Hands. Dvorak focus on alternating hands. For example, all vowels A O E U I are on the left hand. read more