My experience learning the Dvorak keyboard layout

In this post, guest writer Billy interviews Pablo on learning Dvorak. Pablo started to learn Dvorak in January 2025. This is an interview about his experience. First of all, can you explain what Dvorak is? Dvorak is a keyboard layout created in the 1930s, proposed as a more efficient alternative to Qwerty. Dvorak groups letters on the keyboard based on how often they are used (in the English language), so the most used ones are located in the “home row” and less used ones are located in locations that require further finger reach. ...

July 15, 2025 · 17 min