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On the usability of number pads
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The Dvorak of numpads
Ironically, the original Dvorak layout also did some really weird stuff to its numbers. Though these days, those of us who use Dvorak almost exclusively use the "Dvorak Simplified Keyboard", which keeps its top row the same as the US QWERTY layout (apart from the two symbol keys immediately left of backspace).