Is Dvorak actually that much better than QWERTY? Last time I looked into it, there was a lot of conflicting research and most sources were biased.
I can't give you any research per se, but try picking 10 random words and see how the fingering pattering would look on Dvorak vs. Qwerty. My guess is that about 7 of them will be visibly more accessible on Dvorak, and the last 3 would be equal.
In other words: I can't back it up scientifically, but yes, it's better by a large margin.
But how do you define "accessible"? It seems like anecdotal evidence is all that there is. If it's better by a
large margin, there should be scientific literature readily available to back up the claim.
Wikipedia has this to say:
Economists Stan Liebowotz and Stephen E. Margolis have written articles in the Journal of Law and Economics[25] and Reason magazine[26] where they reject Dvorak proponents' claims that the dominance of the QWERTY is due to market failure brought on by QWERTY's early adoption, writing, "[T]he evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak is flawed and incomplete. [..] The most dramatic claims are traceable to Dvorak himself, and the best-documented experiments, as well as recent ergonomic studies, suggest little or no advantage for the Dvorak keyboard."[25]
