Using alternative keyboard layouts?
jdknezek: I've been using the Dvorak layout for at least 9 years, and with the right hardware I've been able to get around the weird ZXCV placement.  I currently use a 2030 from http://www.typematrix.com .  It has function key mappings that place cut, copy, and paste directly below the ZXCV portion.Also, you may want to try the Capewell-Dvorak layout by Michael Capewell at http://www.geocities.com/smozoma/projects/keyboard/layout_ca... .  Mr. Capewell has an evolved layout as mentioned by trickjarrett, but the Capewell-Dvorak layout attempts to be a simple correction to some glaring issues in Dvorak like the inconvenience of the ZXCV placement, typing G and H on the same finger, placing A under the pinky and O under the ring finger, etc.  I haven't had the time to spend to learn it, but I think it would be well worth the endeavor for someone just learning their second layout.