{"id":37347,"date":"2022-10-14T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=37347"},"modified":"2022-10-14T15:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:19:17","slug":"ios-16-includes-dvorak-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/14\/ios-16-includes-dvorak-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 16 Includes Dvorak Keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antranig Vartanian<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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[The] main reason I never moved to Dvorak properly was always a device not having a proper keyboard. Sometimes it was my Android phone with a weird ROM, but most of times it was my iPhone.<\/p>\n

However, I just learned that Apple shipped the Dvorak layout with iOS 16.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

jerf<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I use swiping almost exclusively, and HN<\/a> has<\/a> discussed before how Dvorak is actually really bad<\/em> for that.<\/p>\n

Having all the vowels next to each other, and so many words in English that differ just by vowels, is actually really hard on the swiping algorithm. As I mention in the comments of that article, it is likely that QWERTY is not optimal for that use case either, but it’s a lot closer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

chairmanwow1<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I use dvorak for my computer, but I think the design goals of QWERTY are actually useful for the small keyboard of a phone being used with thumbs.<\/p>\n

It was designed to put diphthongs on opposite sides of the keyboard so that a mechanical typewriter wouldn’t jam as frequently. I think avoiding “jams” with my thumbs is definitely the way to think about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

skrap<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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As a former iOS engineer at Apple, and a dvorak user, I can verify that this is exactly the thinking (during my time) of why dvorak support wasn’t a development priority. The properties which make it good for typing make it bad for a phone keyboard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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On an iPhone updated to iOS 16, the Dvorak layout can be enabled in the Settings app under General → Keyboard → Keyboards → English → Dvorak, alongside existing QWERTY, AZERTY, and QWERTZ options. Dvorak is only available for English.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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