Re: ABC vs. QWERTY

["rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

QWERTY.  by the 6th grade, my son could type as fast as me.

On 7/8/06, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is barely on-topic, but I wanted to get the input from people who use
> PCs a LOT, and this is the place those folks hang out <g>.  I'm considering
> getting a large-key keyboard for my son.  He's 2 ½ and already loves the
> computer; he plays online toddler games all the time.  However, those games
> are pretty much "hit any key" games.  So now I want to start moving him
> towards using actual keys.  The large-key keyboards tend to come in two
> varieties: QWERTY and ABC layout.  The ABC layout puts the keys in
> alphabetical order starting on the top left, and just wrapping along the
> keyboard.
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> My wife worries that learning to type on the ABC keyboard might confuse him
> later when he needs to switch to a normal-key QWERTY layout.  I can see her
> point, but I tend to think that matters less for a hunt-n-peck 2-to-4 year
> old.  It seems it would be much harder to move from one layout to another
> once you've become a touch typist.  I don't even like those "ergonomic"
> split keyboards, and the keys are the same.  (Heck, I have a real problem
> using someone else's 5250 emulation session when they HAVE THE DARNED ENTER
> KEY IN THE WRONG PLACE.)
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> Sorry.  But hey, that even made it iSeries related!  <chuckle>
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> Anyway, I am leaning towards the ABC layout so it will be easier for him
> now, but am I setting him up for frustration later when he needs to switch
> to a QWERTY keyboard?
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> Joe
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