The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Qwerty

Dvorak

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Results for Microsoft Encarta's entry on Africa (2004)

Overall effort
Keys for each finger (stronger fingers should be used more often)
Finger Travel Distance (only the horizontal)
% home keys (out of all character keys plus SHIFT and ENTER, but excluding keys operated by thumbs)
% keys typed with the same finger as the previous key (excluding repeating keys like ss)
% 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)
% 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)
% 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)
% keys that need the SHIFT modifier
Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Alphabetical
Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Qwerty
Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Dvorak
Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Colemak
Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in DDvorak
Key frequency in your text
Frequent pairs of keys in your text

Notice: Ignoring invalid characters � (5 times),

:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout	Effort	% improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical	1,514,829.1	0.0 %
Qwerty	1,292,853.8	14.7 %
Dvorak	971,812.6	35.8 %
Colemak	928,259.9	38.7 %
DDvorak	932,961.8	38.4 %

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

Layout	Thumbs	LPinky	LRing	LMiddle	LIndex	RIndex	RMiddle	RRing	RPinky	Total
Alphabetical	15.1 %	15.7 %	6.3 %	5.7 %	25.6 %	6.6 %	10.1 %	12.1 %	2.7 %	295,164.0 keys
Qwerty	15.1 %	8.8 %	6.4 %	15.4 %	17.9 %	14.6 %	7.5 %	10.1 %	4.2 %	295,164.0 keys
Dvorak	15.1 %	9.5 %	6.9 %	10.2 %	11.3 %	13.1 %	10.9 %	12.8 %	10.2 %	295,164.0 keys
Colemak	15.1 %	8.9 %	6.8 %	10.1 %	15.0 %	15.2 %	12.6 %	8.1 %	8.2 %	295,164.0 keys
DDvorak	15.8 %	9.5 %	7.1 %	10.6 %	11.1 %	13.4 %	11.4 %	12.6 %	8.5 %	298,070.0 keys

Layout	Thumbs	Left hand	Right hand	Total
Alphabetical	15.1 %	53.3 %	31.6 %	295,164.0 keys
Qwerty	15.1 %	48.5 %	36.5 %	295,164.0 keys
Dvorak	15.1 %	37.9 %	47.0 %	295,164.0 keys
Colemak	15.1 %	40.8 %	44.1 %	295,164.0 keys
DDvorak	15.8 %	38.3 %	45.9 %	298,070.0 keys

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

Layout	Thumbs	LPinky	LRing	LMiddle	LIndex	RIndex	RMiddle	RRing	RPinky	Total
Alphabetical	0.0 %	23.4 %	4.6 %	5.5 %	32.6 %	11.4 %	6.9 %	10.6 %	5.1 %	7,202.6 m
Qwerty	0.0 %	3.0 %	1.9 %	17.2 %	26.2 %	24.7 %	10.3 %	9.8 %	7.0 %	7,478.1 m
Dvorak	0.0 %	7.4 %	2.8 %	2.1 %	23.1 %	25.9 %	10.0 %	16.3 %	12.3 %	4,449.0 m
Colemak	0.0 %	6.5 %	3.7 %	13.6 %	26.0 %	25.5 %	9.4 %	6.4 %	9.0 %	3,786.1 m
DDvorak	2.4 %	9.7 %	3.8 %	3.6 %	14.4 %	29.1 %	12.0 %	16.9 %	8.1 %	4,109.7 m

Layout	Thumbs	Left hand	Right hand	Total
Alphabetical	0.0 %	66.1 %	33.9 %	7,202.6 m
Qwerty	0.0 %	48.3 %	51.7 %	7,478.1 m
Dvorak	0.0 %	35.4 %	64.6 %	4,449.0 m
Colemak	0.0 %	49.7 %	50.3 %	3,786.1 m
DDvorak	2.4 %	31.5 %	66.0 %	4,109.7 m

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

Alphabetical	26.5 %
Qwerty	25.1 %
Dvorak	53.9 %
Colemak	61.2 %
DDvorak	58.2 %

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

Alphabetical	9.2 %
Qwerty	5.3 %
Dvorak	2.0 %
Colemak	1.1 %
DDvorak	1.9 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical	33.6 %
Qwerty	32.0 %
Dvorak	20.0 %
Colemak	27.3 %
DDvorak	20.3 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical	6.3 %
Qwerty	9.2 %
Dvorak	0.7 %
Colemak	0.8 %
DDvorak	1.3 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical	13.8 %
Qwerty	14.5 %
Dvorak	8.0 %
Colemak	14.4 %
DDvorak	7.9 %

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

Alphabetical	3.3 %
Qwerty	3.3 %
Dvorak	3.3 %
Colemak	3.3 %
DDvorak	3.0 %

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

on	`3132 times`	1.06 %
nd	`2971 times`	1.01 %
en	`2484 times`	0.84 %
at	`2256 times`	0.76 %
ed	`2168 times`	0.73 %
de	`1579 times`	0.53 %
is	`1375 times`	0.47 %
ta	`1054 times`	0.36 %
ne	`1029 times`	0.35 %
we	`882 times`	0.30 %
si	`823 times`	0.28 %

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

ed	`2168 times`	0.73 %
de	`1579 times`	0.53 %
ce	`1276 times`	0.43 %
fr	`1270 times`	0.43 %
tr	`1077 times`	0.36 %
rt	`936 times`	0.32 %
ec	`840 times`	0.28 %
lo	`839 times`	0.28 %
ol	`754 times`	0.26 %
un	`724 times`	0.25 %
gr	`455 times`	0.15 %

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

ct	`643 times`	0.22 %
rn	`492 times`	0.17 %
gh	`412 times`	0.14 %
pi	`377 times`	0.13 %
ls	`312 times`	0.11 %
up	`255 times`	0.09 %
e.	`251 times`	0.09 %
_NewLine__RightShift_	`239 times`	0.08 %
ki	`234 times`	0.08 %
sl	`233 times`	0.08 %
mb	`228 times`	0.08 %

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

_NewLine__RightShift_	`432 times`	0.15 %
e,	`357 times`	0.12 %
pt	`282 times`	0.10 %
ue	`239 times`	0.08 %
sc	`170 times`	0.06 %
za	`156 times`	0.05 %
eu	`127 times`	0.04 %
y.	`124 times`	0.04 %
nm	`101 times`	0.03 %
-_RightShift_	`89 times`	0.03 %
nl	`79 times`	0.03 %

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

ct	`643 times`	0.22 %
rn	`492 times`	0.17 %
gh	`412 times`	0.14 %
pi	`377 times`	0.13 %
ls	`312 times`	0.10 %
up	`255 times`	0.09 %
e.	`251 times`	0.08 %
ki	`234 times`	0.08 %
sl	`233 times`	0.08 %
mb	`228 times`	0.08 %
yp	`163 times`	0.05 %

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

_Space_	`44473 times`	15.07 %
e	`27733 times`	9.40 %
a	`21690 times`	7.35 %
t	`19941 times`	6.76 %
n	`17876 times`	6.06 %
i	`17554 times`	5.95 %
o	`16969 times`	5.75 %
r	`16478 times`	5.58 %
s	`15171 times`	5.14 %
h	`9894 times`	3.35 %
l	`9627 times`	3.26 %
d	`9016 times`	3.05 %
c	`8485 times`	2.87 %
f	`5968 times`	2.02 %
u	`5960 times`	2.02 %
m	`5774 times`	1.96 %
_RightShift_	`5388 times`	1.83 %
p	`4786 times`	1.62 %
g	`4621 times`	1.57 %
w	`3179 times`	1.08 %
y	`3153 times`	1.07 %
,	`3020 times`	1.02 %
b	`3011 times`	1.02 %
_LeftShift_	`2767 times`	0.94 %
v	`2483 times`	0.84 %
.	`2124 times`	0.72 %
_NewLine_	`1276 times`	0.43 %
k	`1184 times`	0.40 %
0	`781 times`	0.26 %
1	`594 times`	0.20 %
-	`565 times`	0.19 %
z	`493 times`	0.17 %
x	`427 times`	0.14 %
9	`288 times`	0.10 %
'	`278 times`	0.09 %
q	`240 times`	0.08 %
(	`215 times`	0.07 %
)	`215 times`	0.07 %
8	`207 times`	0.07 %
j	`198 times`	0.07 %
5	`194 times`	0.07 %
2	`176 times`	0.06 %
7	`143 times`	0.05 %
6	`137 times`	0.05 %
3	`130 times`	0.04 %
4	`106 times`	0.04 %
;	`59 times`	0.02 %
"	`50 times`	0.02 %
:	`46 times`	0.02 %

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

e_Space_	`7411 times`	2.51 %
th	`6193 times`	2.10 %
_Space_t	`5853 times`	1.98 %
s_Space_	`5324 times`	1.80 %
he	`5102 times`	1.73 %
an	`4918 times`	1.67 %
_Space__RightShift_	`4765 times`	1.61 %
d_Space_	`4619 times`	1.56 %
_Space_a	`4583 times`	1.55 %
in	`4565 times`	1.55 %
n_Space_	`4295 times`	1.46 %
er	`4045 times`	1.37 %
re	`3201 times`	1.08 %
on	`3132 times`	1.06 %
_Space_o	`3065 times`	1.04 %
nd	`2971 times`	1.01 %
es	`2955 times`	1.00 %
,_Space_	`2910 times`	0.99 %
t_Space_	`2653 times`	0.90 %
_Space_i	`2638 times`	0.89 %
_Space_s	`2536 times`	0.86 %
ri	`2525 times`	0.86 %
en	`2484 times`	0.84 %
ti	`2364 times`	0.80 %
al	`2358 times`	0.80 %
_Space_c	`2339 times`	0.79 %

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The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

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Results for Microsoft Encarta's entry on Africa (2004)

:: UP ::Overall effort

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

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

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

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

:: 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)

:: 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)

:: 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

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

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

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

:: 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)

:: 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)

:: 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)