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I personally had difficulty with adjusting back to normal QWERTY after trying Dvorak. I went to a friend's and he was typing like a slug so I said "move over, I'll type it in a jiffy" then I started typing nonsense and found my typing and regressed to looking at the keyboard for the keys.
I expect if I had two keyboards, one QWERTY and one Dvorak, on my desk and typed on both regularly, I'd be able to switch to the right frame of mind to do it. It's such a cortex (unconscious) action that I found it hard to do so.
What I'm getting at is that when you go to an office or college or use someone else's computer, it's back to basics. That's why I decided to stick with QWERTY, and also because I was working on a project at the time, and not being able to code at the speed I was thinking drove me fucking mad. Maybe some day, when switching keyboard layouts is a piece of piss like pressing Ctrl+Alt+D (the only way, I feel, Dvorak will ever become used over QWERTY), I'll use Dvorak. But until then, I'll make do with a buckling spring or mechanical keyboard that's nice on the fingers to make the RSI go away. I ordered two of these, waiting for them in the post:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Unicomp-Model-M-Clicky-Keyboard-PS2-German-NEW_W0QQitemZ140187591235QQihZ004QQcategoryZ51084QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem
I CAN'T WAIT TO DITCH THIS MEMBRANE SHIT. One clicky for home, one for work.