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   I just got done watching a Techquickie video about the qwerty keyboard vs the Dvorak keyboard (If you havent seen the video then you probably have no idea what im talking about) which got me thinking, do they have any company's actively producing keyboards with a Dvorak layout? In these situations Google is a dear friend of mine.

 

   To my surprise the answer is yes! There is a company called "Matias" which I've never heard of until today. They produce all sorts of funky keyboards that range anywhere from AES encrypted wireless keyboards to "The Worlds Quietest Keyboard" to Folding keyboards. They're advertising their Dvorak keyboard as a "Faster, more comfortable experience", and the way I see it, with a  $100 price tag, it must be more comfortable using the keyboard, due to sitting on a thinner wallet. Thats a pretty ridiculous price to pay considering the only differences between a standard qwerty keyboard and their keyboard is a "Layout Selection" key which switches the layout to a qwerty keyboard, and at the top right of every key is the normal qwerty keyboard legends.

 

With all of that in mind I have two questions to ask all of you:

 

1. Would you buy Mistas Dvorak Keyboard at the price of $100?

 

2. Would you ever use a Dvorak Keyboard in your daily tasks?

 

The only way I would ever get this keyboard is if I convinced my health insurance to invest in me by purchasing me the keyboard to lower the risk of carpal tunnel and RSI due to less movement when typing.

 

http://matias.ca/dvorak/

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Well my qwerty keyboard cost $200.mso there might be another factor driving the cost.

Also small production numbers means it is more expensive to produce than a mass produced device.

Easiest way is to rearrange the keys on another keyboard.

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I think there's cheaper cherry MX mechanical keyboard out there. and as taran said ( i think taran who's the one that did the techquickie vid ) u can remove all the keycap and set it to dvorak order then u download windows dvorak keyboard input. EZPZ

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Well, you don't have to buy a dvorak specific keyboard. You could always get one with blank keys and change it in software.

That is what a friend of mine does.

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Well, you don't have to buy a dvorak specific keyboard. You could always get one with blank keys and change it in software.

That is what a friend of mine does.

Yeah the only reason I see in purchasing this keyboard is for the layout select button :/

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Yeah the only reason I see in purchasing this keyboard is for the layout select button :/

There actually used to be a Ducky keyboard that had dip switches on the backside were you could change between qwerty and dvorak. Sadly no longer in production.

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new time I buy a mechanical KB i'm going to see if i can fine key caps that have both layouts on them.

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   I just got done watching a Techquickie video about the qwerty keyboard vs the Dvorak keyboard (If you havent seen the video then you probably have no idea what im talking about) which got me thinking, do they have any company's actively producing keyboards with a Dvorak layout? In these situations Google is a dear friend of mine.

 

   To my surprise the answer is yes! There is a company called "Matias" which I've never heard of until today. They produce all sorts of funky keyboards that range anywhere from AES encrypted wireless keyboards to "The Worlds Quietest Keyboard" to Folding keyboards. They're advertising their Dvorak keyboard as a "Faster, more comfortable experience", and the way I see it, with a  $100 price tag, it must be more comfortable using the keyboard, due to sitting on a thinner wallet. Thats a pretty ridiculous price to pay considering the only differences between a standard qwerty keyboard and their keyboard is a "Layout Selection" key which switches the layout to a qwerty keyboard, and at the top right of every key is the normal qwerty keyboard legends.

 

With all of that in mind I have two questions to ask all of you:

 

1. Would you buy Mistas Dvorak Keyboard at the price of $100?

 

2. Would you ever use a Dvorak Keyboard in your daily tasks?

 

The only way I would ever get this keyboard is if I convinced my health insurance to invest in me by purchasing me the keyboard to lower the risk of carpal tunnel and RSI due to less movement when typing.

 

http://matias.ca/dvorak/

I wouldn't, I find the qwerty layout absolutely fine for me!

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Can't you just swap the keys around then change the keyboard layout in windows? Or buy keycaps with the dvorak print on them?

 

 

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There are lots of keyboards with dipswitches and you don't even need that... Just change the layout on windows/osx/loonix.

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  • I would just change the layout on your keyboard of choice, buying a "dvorak" keyboard is probably not the best way :)
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