To make the Dvorak keyboard layout even faster, and to take a que from the Colemak layout, I have created a modified Dvorak keyboard layout.

‘I’ is used far more than ‘U’ so it makes since for me to have I be where U currently is on the Dvorak layout, i.e. right under the left forfinger on the home row.

It took me about a week and a half of using this new layout until I was up to my old speed on the official Dvorak layout. I really like this layout, I move my fingers even less now and type at the same speed!

If you are interested here are the layout files for Mac and PC:

For Mac: Download this file Dvorak-ItoU Mac Place this in /Library/Keyboard Layouts/ and then select it in Settings -> International.

For PC Download this file Dvorak-ItoU PC Open the .exe, it should install fine (Note Vista users might have to run the .exe in XP mode)

Thanks to Code Axe for the inspiration and the tutorial on how to get the custom keyboard working on a PC.

Enjoy!