The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Qwerty
Qwerty 		Dvorak
Dvorak

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Results for C# Language Specification Document (2003)

:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout Effort % improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical4,549,148.7 0.0 %
Qwerty3,879,383.0 14.7 %
Dvorak2,990,621.3 34.3 %
Colemak2,867,304.6 37.0 %
DDvorak2,562,220.6 43.7 %

:: UP ::Keys for each finger (stronger fingers should be used more often)

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical14.0 %16.5 %6.2 %6.2 %24.7 %6.2 %8.6 %12.5 %5.1 %796,851.0 keys
Qwerty14.0 %8.8 %6.6 %16.2 %17.6 %12.8 %7.2 %9.8 %7.1 %796,851.0 keys
Dvorak14.0 %9.4 %6.3 %11.4 %11.6 %11.1 %12.0 %11.5 %12.6 %796,851.0 keys
Colemak14.0 %8.8 %6.2 %10.5 %15.4 %13.2 %13.3 %8.3 %10.2 %796,851.0 keys
DDvorak14.3 %8.0 %8.1 %12.3 %11.7 %11.6 %14.0 %11.7 %8.4 %802,075.0 keys
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical14.0 %53.7 %32.3 %796,851.0 keys
Qwerty14.0 %49.1 %36.9 %796,851.0 keys
Dvorak14.0 %38.8 %47.2 %796,851.0 keys
Colemak14.0 %40.9 %45.1 %796,851.0 keys
DDvorak14.3 %40.0 %45.7 %802,075.0 keys

:: UP ::Finger Travel Distance (only the horizontal)

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical0.0 %23.9 %4.4 %5.6 %30.9 %9.8 %5.5 %10.4 %9.6 %20,829.7 m
Qwerty0.0 %5.0 %1.8 %17.8 %24.7 %20.3 %9.6 %9.2 %11.6 %21,780.9 m
Dvorak0.0 %9.8 %2.3 %2.3 %21.9 %20.9 %9.4 %13.7 %19.7 %13,437.7 m
Colemak0.0 %9.7 %3.5 %12.6 %21.3 %19.6 %8.2 %7.2 %17.9 %11,449.5 m
DDvorak0.9 %7.3 %7.5 %5.3 %15.1 %24.5 %17.2 %15.1 %7.1 %11,865.3 m
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical0.0 %64.8 %35.2 %20,829.7 m
Qwerty0.0 %49.3 %50.7 %21,780.9 m
Dvorak0.0 %36.3 %63.7 %13,437.7 m
Colemak0.0 %47.2 %52.8 %11,449.5 m
DDvorak0.9 %35.2 %63.8 %11,865.3 m

:: UP ::% home keys (out of all character keys plus SHIFT and ENTER, but excluding keys operated by thumbs)

Alphabetical24.8 %
Qwerty22.7 %
Dvorak51.4 %
Colemak58.9 %
DDvorak56.9 %

:: UP ::% keys typed with the same finger as the previous key (excluding repeating keys like ss)

Alphabetical11.4 %
Qwerty6.0 %
Dvorak3.2 %
Colemak2.2 %
DDvorak2.7 %

:: UP ::% keys typed with the same hand as the previous key (ex: in Qwerty sd or ss are included, but s s is not since you type the space with the other hand)

Alphabetical36.1 %
Qwerty33.4 %
Dvorak20.9 %
Colemak28.6 %
DDvorak21.6 %

:: UP ::% keys typed with the same hand as the previous key and jumping a row (ex: in Qwerty ev is a row jump - you jump over the middle row - and it's awkward to type; ef is not a row jump)

Alphabetical8.2 %
Qwerty10.0 %
Dvorak2.1 %
Colemak1.5 %
DDvorak3.0 %

:: UP ::% keys typed with the same hand as the previous key and in reverse order (ex: in Qwerty df or kj are typed in the easier order pinky-ring-middle-index, whereas fd and jk are in reverse order index-middle-ring-pinky, and harder to type)

Alphabetical13.8 %
Qwerty14.6 %
Dvorak8.7 %
Colemak14.5 %
DDvorak8.9 %

:: UP ::% keys that need the SHIFT modifier

Alphabetical4.4 %
Qwerty4.4 %
Dvorak4.4 %
Colemak4.4 %
DDvorak2.4 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Alphabetical

on 9774 times 1.23 %
at 9284 times 1.17 %
en 6198 times 0.78 %
ed 5621 times 0.71 %
de 5585 times 0.70 %
is 5354 times 0.67 %
si 4139 times 0.52 %
ta 4001 times 0.50 %
nd 3859 times 0.48 %
ex 3487 times 0.44 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 3023 times 0.38 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Qwerty

ed 5621 times 0.71 %
de 5585 times 0.70 %
ce 4386 times 0.55 %
ec 4090 times 0.51 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 3201 times 0.40 %
tr 3022 times 0.38 %
lo 2420 times 0.30 %
ol 1693 times 0.21 %
;_NewLine_ 1557 times 0.20 %
}_NewLine_ 1371 times 0.17 %
un 1265 times 0.16 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Dvorak

ct 3229 times 0.41 %
yp 2574 times 0.32 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 1858 times 0.23 %
mb 1394 times 0.17 %
}_NewLine_ 1371 times 0.17 %
e. 1339 times 0.17 %
xp 1334 times 0.17 %
nv 1061 times 0.13 %
{_NewLine_ 1038 times 0.13 %
pu 864 times 0.11 %
rn 671 times 0.08 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Colemak

_NewLine__RightShift_ 3101 times 0.39 %
ue 1593 times 0.20 %
;_NewLine_ 1557 times 0.20 %
}_NewLine_ 1371 times 0.17 %
e, 1232 times 0.15 %
{_NewLine_ 1038 times 0.13 %
:_NewLine_ 965 times 0.12 %
pt 783 times 0.10 %
sc 347 times 0.04 %
wr 345 times 0.04 %
nl 317 times 0.04 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in DDvorak

ct 3229 times 0.40 %
yp 2574 times 0.32 %
mb 1394 times 0.17 %
e. 1339 times 0.17 %
xp 1334 times 0.17 %
nv 1061 times 0.13 %
{_NewLine_ 1038 times 0.13 %
pu 864 times 0.11 %
-t 792 times 0.10 %
rn 671 times 0.08 %
_NewLine_c 557 times 0.07 %

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

_Space_ 111389 times 13.98 %
e 82229 times 10.32 %
t 61560 times 7.73 %
a 48653 times 6.11 %
i 46000 times 5.77 %
n 42428 times 5.32 %
s 42019 times 5.27 %
o 41989 times 5.27 %
r 39144 times 4.91 %
c 26470 times 3.32 %
l 24494 times 3.07 %
d 20182 times 2.53 %
h 19488 times 2.45 %
_LeftShift_ 18284 times 2.29 %
p 16790 times 2.11 %
m 16265 times 2.04 %
f 14791 times 1.86 %
u 13934 times 1.75 %
_RightShift_ 12143 times 1.52 %
_NewLine_ 10871 times 1.36 %
b 10197 times 1.28 %
y 9085 times 1.14 %
. 7616 times 0.96 %
g 6941 times 0.87 %
v 6919 times 0.87 %
, 6509 times 0.82 %
x 5124 times 0.64 %
w 4865 times 0.61 %
- 4523 times 0.57 %
( 2470 times 0.31 %
) 2469 times 0.31 %
; 2007 times 0.25 %
} 1550 times 0.19 %
{ 1546 times 0.19 %
k 1488 times 0.19 %
= 1425 times 0.18 %
: 1415 times 0.18 %
/ 1409 times 0.18 %
" 1062 times 0.13 %
1 865 times 0.11 %
0 748 times 0.09 %
z 630 times 0.08 %
< 613 times 0.08 %
+ 606 times 0.08 %
> 600 times 0.08 %
2 592 times 0.07 %
j 548 times 0.07 %
q 485 times 0.06 %
[ 449 times 0.06 %
] 449 times 0.06 %
* 316 times 0.04 %
# 311 times 0.04 %
3 294 times 0.04 %
' 251 times 0.03 %
5 146 times 0.02 %
8 136 times 0.02 %
& 135 times 0.02 %
| 131 times 0.02 %
4 111 times 0.01 %
! 104 times 0.01 %
6 102 times 0.01 %
\ 98 times 0.01 %
_ 89 times 0.01 %
? 80 times 0.01 %

:: UP ::Frequent pairs of keys in your text

e_Space_ 22330 times 2.80 %
_Space_t 15548 times 1.95 %
th 14781 times 1.85 %
_Space_a 13684 times 1.72 %
s_Space_ 13169 times 1.65 %
in 12534 times 1.57 %
he 11683 times 1.47 %
er 11623 times 1.46 %
_Space_i 10687 times 1.34 %
on 9774 times 1.23 %
_Space_o 9501 times 1.19 %
at 9284 times 1.17 %
n_Space_ 9232 times 1.16 %
t_Space_ 9151 times 1.15 %
re 8413 times 1.06 %
te 8338 times 1.05 %
d_Space_ 8337 times 1.05 %
es 7513 times 0.94 %
nt 7273 times 0.91 %
me 7086 times 0.89 %
an 7012 times 0.88 %
st 6916 times 0.87 %
ti 6753 times 0.85 %
or 6464 times 0.81 %
_Space_c 6447 times 0.81 %
,_Space_ 6334 times 0.79 %

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