One of the strangest things about human nature is our tendency toward inertia. We take so much uncontrollable change in stride, but when our man-made constructs stop making sense, we’re suddenly stuck ...

The Wall Street Journal takes up the qwerty vs. Dvorak keyboard controversy this morning. The latest wrinkle: Dvorak fans want the configuration to be available on smart phones. Writes the Journal, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Although I’ve gone on the record as being a proud Dvorak user for over a decade, when it comes to touchscreen ...

The iOS 16 has multiple support for various keyboard layouts including QWERTY, AZERTY, and QZERTY. However, many people do not know that the newest operating system also supports a very old layout on ...

Tired of QWERTY? Starting with iOS 16—which launched last month—the Apple iPhone now supports the 86-year-old Dvorak keyboard layout natively. Previously, Dvorak typing aficionados needed to install a ...

Last month, NPR asked listeners and readers and a Harvard professor what technologies have stuck around a little too long. "The typewriter keyboard for me is the one that is most amazing," said ...

iOS 16 adds native support for the Dvorak keyboard layout on the iPhone, providing users with an alternative to the standard QWERTY layout. Dvorak was designed to make two-handed typing faster and ...

The QWERTY keyboard layout has been around since the 19th century. Aren't there other arrangements better fit for the computer age? They vary from... QWERTY Traveled From Typewriter To iPhone, But ...

I don't see the point. Typing with your thumbs or with one finger on the keyboard is far different from touch typing with all your fingers on a full sized keyboard, which is where Dvorak layout offers ...