Last month, Apple released the latest iOS 16 system. In addition to adding touch feedback during typing, the keyboard actually hides the "Dvorak keyboard".
Dvorak keyboard
"Dvorak keyboard" was carefully designed in 1932 and is considered to be a more efficient layout than "QWERTY keyboard". The Guinness World Record of typing speed was completed by a typist using "Dvorak keyboard". An average of 150 words can be typed per minute, with a peak of up to 212. Apple also said that this keyboard layout can increase people's typing speed by 20%-40%. The biggest benefit is that it can evenly distribute the workload of all fingers, which unfortunately is that this more efficient only supports English input.
Many people may wonder, the typing efficiency of "Dvorak keyboard" is 20%-40% higher than that of "QWERTY keyboard". So why is the most used in so many years still "QWERTY keyboard "?
1. In the mid-19th century, Remington Company promoted the typewriter equipped with "QWERTY keyboard" and promoted the education and training plan on a large scale, and trained a large number of typists to master the "QWERTY keyboard" blind typing technology. Make "QWERTY keyboard" deeply rooted in people's hearts.
2, "QWERTY keyboard" has been widely popularized, and the progress of new technologies has not been great enough to make people give up their existing inertia.
Apple's joint founder Steve Wozniak is also a loyal fan of "Dvorak keyboard", saying that "what I like most is Dvorak makes the fingers save effort." However, with the emergence of iPhone phone keyboards, the two-hand advantages of "QWERTY keyboard" are not so obvious.
If you want to experience this newly added keyboard, you can use "Settings" - " General - " "Keyboard" - "English" - Select "Dvorak"
