Previous discussions can be found at:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438124" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438124</a><p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1062284" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1062284</a><p>The QWERTY vs Dvorak argument is silly; both were designed at a time before any research had been performed into typing ergonomics, and the only reason to pick one or the other is largely based on hearsay and rumor.<p>If you'd like an ergonomic keyboard layout, try one designed to be efficient for common use cases, such as:<p>Colemak &#60; <a href="http://colemak.com/" rel="nofollow">http://colemak.com/</a> &#62;: More efficient than QWERT and Dvorak, while preserving common QWERTY-based keyboard shortcuts.<p>QGMLWB &#60; <a href="http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization" rel="nofollow">http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization</a> &#62;: Highly efficient, at the cost of sacrificing keyboard shortcut muscle memory.<p>Or, design your own with carpalx: <a href="http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/" rel="nofollow">http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/</a>