12/09/02: The Dvorak Keyboard Configuration

Here are the differences with the Microsoft Natural Elite (the split keyboard I use exclusively):

• Home, End, Delete, Page Up, Page Down & Insert keys are rearranged - Figure 1 below.
  
• Arrow keys are no longer in an "inverted T" style, but like Figure 2 below.
  
• Function keys are not as deep (but have the correct width).

Also, it forces you to type correctly. "6" is hit with the left index finger, as is "b". I know a lot of people that fuck this up.

All in all, I find it to be extremely comfortable. And it's only some $17 at NewEgg.com. It's easy to take apart and clean, it's light, and it doesn't take up a lot of space (the original Microsoft Natural was a wide bastard - this is the same size as a normal keyboard; the space is saved by the reconfigured keys, as stated above).

I have been using Microsoft Natural Elite keyboards since ~1998 and I never have any wrist pain. I used to before I could afford one (they used to be expensive, and I used to be poor). For me, it is shaped just right.


Figure 1 - The rearranged keys. *Not to scale.


Figure 2 - The rearranged arrow keys. *Not to scale.

(Please pardon my crude MSPaint skills).