Switches in driver's cab are just like keyboard of computer. 當然我不是Hack了電車でGO！的專用手掣來充滑鼠用。 But I am sure if someone typed on my computer for the first time, she will yell, "WHAT THE HECK!?"
More than 98% of users in Hong Kong (the number are just by guess but I think you would agree with me) are typing English with QWERTY layout keyboard. QWERTY大概是在1872年被Christopher Latham Sholes發明的，即是在打字機於1868年被他註冊為專利發明後四年， 在第一部實際可用的打字機於1873被Remington Arms公司推出市面之前。This typewriter is only capable in typing CAPITAL LETTERS, and only 5000 of such sold till 1878. 直至到可打大小楷的第二代打字機於1878年問世後，打字行業才開始起飛。
Guess why it has to be with QWERTY before it was marketed? It's because the typewriter at that time can be jammed too easily, someone said QWERTY is here to slow us down! 這個說法只答對了一半。的確當代的打字機是很容易卡機，但其實QWERTY排列也不是毫無邏輯亂排一通：它的安排是盡量想將打字的規律以梅花間竹方式分佈於兩手來改善卡機問題。 1878年以前的人是用「螳螂拳」打字的 (即所謂的hunt and peck)，QWERTY把字隔得開，打字機便有多些時間復位，減低卡機機會。Only after 1878 people started typing with ten-fingers and touch-typing - typing without looking at the keys.
There are many words such as monopoly, stewardess show that QWERTY is flawed.
事實上，在Touch-typing發明不久之後，Sholes專利註冊了另一個與QWERTY截然不同的鍵盤排列：
X P M C H R T N S D G K J B W F L A E I O U Y Q V . , ' ! ? - ; _
But it never run into market. 你會發現到這個排列倒有點像接下來要提及的DVORAK。
直到1932年，August Dvorak發明了在現今世界各地 (但不包括香港 v.v) 都有用的英文打字排列—DVORAK. 他是在1932年將它註冊為專利發明。 He has put all the vowels key on the left hand side, common consonant on the right hand side and all common keys on the home row. 與QWERTY比較，這樣做就算未能顯著加快打字速度，也可以將手指穿梭來回的距離縮短十倍左右。
Me? Yes I am a DVORAK-typist since 19 yo :), typing at the speed some what faster than QWERTY I used to be. 感覺的確比用QWERTY好呢！And now I have no QWERTY in my XP language bar~ 可惜我在香港未曾見過有DVORAK排列的鍵盤出售。Ya and I can still type with QWERTY at the speed I used to be.
Changjie is a de-facto standard as a Chinese input method in Hong Kong. 我在小二第一次接觸倚天中文電腦系統的時候，只對倉頡和簡易有丁點兒頭緒，其他的什麼三角、注音、行列、內碼 (內碼？小二的時候什麼也不懂嘛！) 都不知怎麼攪的。 I was capable to type Chinese at around 3WPM when I was in Grade 5, ah yes, 3WPM, In fact I don't really have an idea how fast...slow I was, but already good enough to type a short drama script in one night.
我在初中的時候開始上網用ICQ，及後擔任校內外多個打字職務，中文打字的速度提升了不少。 Changjie has been with me for the whole secondary school life.
So far so good, until when I have played with DVORAK. 當時我心想：既然英文學了新的，不如中文也學新的吧！ That's how I started playing with Array. 若果資料無誤的話，電腦中文輸入的最快紀錄是每分鐘215字，而且就是以行列輸入法創下的。 The reason why Array is that fast is mainly due to, hopefully I am not wrong here, a more even key disturbution/combination and it has an official list of 500 2-strokes shortcut characters. 行列的簡字表和重字揀字表的次序一直都無變，反觀倉頡的就隨著香港常用字的加入而改變了。 Now my speed of typing with Array is...well, depends on the nature of the charcters, for the common one I am satisfied with my speed.
還有一點想提的，行列跟倉頡一樣都是開放的技術，跟九方、快碼、縱橫那些封閉技術不同。For an input method, it's very important for it to be an open-tech. 最大的問題不是錢，而是一種封閉的技術，即使有人願意寫，也不能夠移稙到其他系統上。 Linux and Unix (and in fact for every OS, even for Windows) just can't include your favourite closed-tech input method in the disturbution, in case the maker doesn't make one for that AND when you don't have an option in switching OS~~Oh what a pity!
現在香港有很多中學都被九方公司收買了，在初中的電腦課教學生打九方，真討厭。
It takes around 6-8 weeks to get used with the new input method, and may be even longer Chinese characters that are uncommon. 當中學習過程也蠻有趣，感覺就像新生嬰兒學走路一樣。手指不聽呼喚，腦袋因字打不出來而感到無奈，真有趣。 Moreover, some studies/rumors suggesting DVORAK may cause less incidence of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). No matter what, I have made another step towards the geek-god. XD
有一兩個要好同學正珍著暑假檔期修練DVORAK呢。I am so happy to hear this :) Why they learn DVORAK? May be again, just for fun...LOL.
Instead of typical machenical keyboard that you may be using at the moment, This is the keyboard (and mouse :P) that I am using. 你可能已經留意到這是個DVORAK鍵盤，我不是說過在香港買不到DVORAK的麼？ Yes, in fact, this is ordered from here.
它不只是一個鍵盤而已，也是一隻滑鼠，也可以說成是一個加大碼的Touch pad。
An over-sized touch pad? If you think so, you have under-estimated it. 一般的Touch pad只可以感應一隻手指，但這個可以感應到手掌以及每隻手指的接觸點。
"So what?", you may ask. 再多看一次FingerWorks的網站吧？
Yes! Instead of just a mouse and keyboard, in fact with every hand movement, it is being recognized and translated to correspond hotkey/mouse movement. 有了這個，揮一揮手便可以關閉視窗，向下拖一下便可以將瀏覽器重新整理一下，四隻手指抓一抓就代替了Mouse Wheel作上下捲動。
The new XWinder Plugin even allows the user to resize a window exactly like what Tom Cruise did in "Minority Report"!
這塊大Touch Pad清潔起上來也蠻方便。XD 提到清潔，它也是一個提示用家剪手指甲的裝置，因為手指甲長的話打Home Row以下的字會較為不便而且鏗鏗作響。v.v