I know. That was one thing I was expecting also. But when I looked into this a
while ago (in response to a post on a comp.engineering board) I couldn't find
anything definitive on this. Basically I saw conjecture that the Dvorak layout
might be better ergonomically, but I've yet to see any studies that verified
this.

"Mr. Art" wrote:

> The biggest advantage that I can find is that
> my hands don't have to move as much when typing.
> I have been rough on my body over the years and
> arthritis can be a problem.
> The difficulty is that my mind still wants to find some of
> the letters in their old  ',.pyf {QWERTY}:)  places.
>
> And of course, I _love_ to be unconventional.
>
> Mr. Art
>
> "Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
>
> > Glen Berry wrote:
> >
> > Well, as far as I can find, the major tests showing advantages were those
> > conducted by Dvorak himself in the US military. Other recent testing
> > mentioned by pro-Dvorak people show perhaps a 4-6% increase in
> > performance over QWERTY at best.

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