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Qwerty, and Dvorak. Pertaining to the layout of the keys.
A psychologist named Dvorak from the University of Washington developed the Dvorak keyboard layout as a more efficient alternative to the common QWERTY layout.
Qwerty is the most common keyboard layout
The inventor of the most widely used keyboard layout, the QWERTY keyboard, was Christopher Sholes. The inventor of the highly efficient Dvorak keyboard was Dr. August Dvorak.
The inventor of the most widely used keyboard layout, the QWERTY keyboard, was Christopher Sholes. The inventor of the highly efficient Dvorak keyboard was Dr. August Dvorak.
a dvorak keyboard is a keyboard made by dr.dvorak use for typing things sush as: letters,checks,books,etc.
In the International section of System Preferences select the Input Menu which offers Dvorak and Dvorak - Qwerty options.
The "opposite" of a QWERTY keyboard would be not having a keyboard. There are several styles available for computer keyboards, none of which are "opposites" of either QWERTY or each other. They are simply different arrangements of keys. Alternatives include Dvorak, AZERTY, and QWERTZ.
The keyboard was originally known as the alphanumeric keyboard. In modern use, it cans also be referred to by the layout, such as the QWERTY keyboard or the Dvorak keyboard.
The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (pronounced /ˈdvoɹæk/) is a keyboard layout patented in 1936 by Dr. August Dvorak, an educational psychologist and professor of education[1] at the University of Washington in Seattle,[2] and William Dealey as an alternative to the more common QWERTY layout. It has also been called the Simplified Keyboard or American Simplified Keyboard, but is commonly known as the Dvorak keyboardor Dvorak layout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard For a simple explanation through comics, go to http://www.dvzine.org
They are both keyboard layouts
The layout actually works out easier to type on. Having all the letters in alphabetic order would have no real advantage when it comes to typing. There are other variations of the QWERTY keyboard, such as the Dvorak, but the QWERTY is the most common one.