On the iPhone, I’d wager that almost all typing is done with the thumbs.
If you’re running iOS 16 on your iPhone, grab it now and open up your keyboard prefs.
Pick Dvorak, and enjoy your newfound… what, exactly?
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This speeds things up noticeably."
Its main design intention is to spread out commonly used letter combinations across both hands.
Some of Dvorak’s advantages carry over to the iPhone, even when youre only using your thumbs.
(For a longer list of the intended improvements, see theWikipedia article.)
Evenlong-term Dvorak users don’t necessarily thinkit’s any better.
And that’s before we get to iPhone thumb typing.
The home row is where your fingers rest when they’re not anywhere else.
Moving thumbs left to right across the home row is more awkward than moving them up or down.
Another disadvantage of Dvorak is you have to buy a Dvorak keyboard to use it on a computer.
Also, Dvorak is optimized for the English language.
