If there is anything that I can do to make myself better and faster at typing, I’ll consider it. I’m a reasonably fast typist at 85-90 words per minute, but my job is to write, and my life is spent ...

Tired of QWERTY? Starting with iOS 16—which launched last month—the Apple iPhone now supports the 86-year-old Dvorak keyboard layout natively. Previously, Dvorak typing aficionados needed to install a ...

1936: University of Washington education professor August Dvorak receives a patent for the keyboard that bears his name. The seed for a new layout was planted in Dvorak's mind when he served as ...

Alternative keyboards have been around for a long time, and while the traditional QWERTY keyboard won the fight, that doesn't mean the other layouts aren't worth considering. Advocates for alternative ...

IF you’re tired of typing on your iPhone you may be surprised to learn there’s a totally different keyboard that’s more comfortable. Not only that, it’s supposed to be much faster, but will take a bit ...

I'm no stranger to using different keyboard layouts. I'm a big mechanical keyboard fan, and I still use typewriters, even in 2026. The IBM Selectric I grew up with had a QWERTY layout, and the vintage ...

No matter how fast you think your computer is, time will eventually bring it down to the slow crawl of a hill-climbing Datsun. At least you may be able to speed up your typing, thanks to Matias’s ...