I quite agree with these sentiments! See my previous reply.
Andrew
At 20:24 24/02/97 +0000, you wrote:
>On Mon 24 Feb, Allan Wilson wrote:
>> >I recall some years ago a company launched an alternative keyboard
>> >aimed at young children. I think it had a non qwerty layout and just a-z,
>>
>> Sounds like Big Keys,
>
>I would think seriously before investing in a non QWERTY system.
>
>I've seen Big Keys and I wouldn't give it house room because...
>
>Although QWERTY has it's drawbacks (no help for learning the alphabet is
>an obvious one) it is a *true* industry standard. This means that anyone
>starting on another system will have to be unlearn in the long/medium
>term.
>
>For dyslexic children, unlearning may be even harder than the initial
>difficult progress, for other children it is an additional chore that can,
>and should, be avoided. (Anyone used to several computer packages knows
>how difficult it is when they have different menu layouts/macros for the
>same task.)
>
>Regards
>
>Ted
>
>--
>Ted Pottage. Chairman, BDA (British Dyslexia Association) Computer Committee
>
> See our site -> http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk/
> we're A1 at BETT'98 too.
>
>
>
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