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by quellhorst 5404 days ago
I photoshopped this really quick for to compare ruby on Dvorak and Qwerty. https://img.skitch.com/20110908-q24qths9k4u6438wpd989qreci.j...
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Nice. This is the most interesting question about Dvorak, to me.

Everyone I know who recommends Dvorak is a programmer. And I'm more than content with my comfort and speed typing English; the pain of slowing down to type brackets all the time when programming is more of a pain point for me.

So with this in mind, it's interesting to note that Dvorak has moved the quote key to a slightly less favourable location, and basically banished paren/bracket. Not a solution for my pain point!

I personally use a variant of Programmer’s Dvorak. Brackets and various symbols are placed where you usually see numbers, while you have to press shift to access numbers. I think that on a proper Programmer’s Dvorak Caps Lock should cause shift to be in effect on the numbers/symbols buttons.
Don'tcha know Colemak is the latest craze?