unknownj

Pfft, I never learned to type "properly", and I've never met anybody who could type faster than me, trained or not.. Makes no difference :o)

I suspect that in the short term that would slow me down somewhat.. Is that the plan?

I looked into this possibility last week - suffice it to say it's no good trying it on a QWERTY keyboard with Dvorak layout. Theoretically it can speed things up as it puts the most used characters in the English language nearest the 'home' location of your fingers when resting on the keyboard.

I deeply suspect it would take about a year for anyone conditioned in QWERTY to become equally adept in the alternative - during which time they've been fired from their job for failing to perform any actual work.