- Randy Cassingham, a Dvorak keyboard nutball.... --John Dvorak (no relation), PC Magazine The Dvorak keyboard The Dvorak keyboard is an ergonomic alternative to the layout commonly found on typewriters and computers known as Qwerty . The Qwerty keyboard was designed in the 1870s to accommodate the slow mechanical movement of early typewriters. When it was designed, touch typing literally hadn't ...www.thisistrue.com/dvorak.html