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The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Qwerty
Qwerty 		Dvorak
Dvorak

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

Notice: Ignoring invalid characters � (5 times),

:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout Effort % improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical1,514,829.1 0.0 %
Qwerty1,292,853.8 14.7 %
Dvorak971,812.6 35.8 %
Colemak928,259.9 38.7 %
DDvorak932,961.8 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
Alphabetical15.1 %15.7 %6.3 %5.7 %25.6 %6.6 %10.1 %12.1 %2.7 %295,164.0 keys
Qwerty15.1 %8.8 %6.4 %15.4 %17.9 %14.6 %7.5 %10.1 %4.2 %295,164.0 keys
Dvorak15.1 %9.5 %6.9 %10.2 %11.3 %13.1 %10.9 %12.8 %10.2 %295,164.0 keys
Colemak15.1 %8.9 %6.8 %10.1 %15.0 %15.2 %12.6 %8.1 %8.2 %295,164.0 keys
DDvorak15.8 %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
Alphabetical15.1 %53.3 %31.6 %295,164.0 keys
Qwerty15.1 %48.5 %36.5 %295,164.0 keys
Dvorak15.1 %37.9 %47.0 %295,164.0 keys
Colemak15.1 %40.8 %44.1 %295,164.0 keys
DDvorak15.8 %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
Alphabetical0.0 %23.4 %4.6 %5.5 %32.6 %11.4 %6.9 %10.6 %5.1 %7,202.6 m
Qwerty0.0 %3.0 %1.9 %17.2 %26.2 %24.7 %10.3 %9.8 %7.0 %7,478.1 m
Dvorak0.0 %7.4 %2.8 %2.1 %23.1 %25.9 %10.0 %16.3 %12.3 %4,449.0 m
Colemak0.0 %6.5 %3.7 %13.6 %26.0 %25.5 %9.4 %6.4 %9.0 %3,786.1 m
DDvorak2.4 %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
Alphabetical0.0 %66.1 %33.9 %7,202.6 m
Qwerty0.0 %48.3 %51.7 %7,478.1 m
Dvorak0.0 %35.4 %64.6 %4,449.0 m
Colemak0.0 %49.7 %50.3 %3,786.1 m
DDvorak2.4 %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)

Alphabetical26.5 %
Qwerty25.1 %
Dvorak53.9 %
Colemak61.2 %
DDvorak58.2 %

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

Alphabetical9.2 %
Qwerty5.3 %
Dvorak2.0 %
Colemak1.1 %
DDvorak1.9 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical33.6 %
Qwerty32.0 %
Dvorak20.0 %
Colemak27.3 %
DDvorak20.3 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical6.3 %
Qwerty9.2 %
Dvorak0.7 %
Colemak0.8 %
DDvorak1.3 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical13.8 %
Qwerty14.5 %
Dvorak8.0 %
Colemak14.4 %
DDvorak7.9 %

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

Alphabetical3.3 %
Qwerty3.3 %
Dvorak3.3 %
Colemak3.3 %
DDvorak3.0 %

:: 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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