One Best Way. The Science of Success
Single channel digital video, colour. 3:27 mins
One Best Way sheds light on the depth of analysis carried out into the efficiency of the modern workplace.
Dvorak analysed the causes of secretarial typing errors. Taking slow motion pictures of finger actions he noted the frequency with which various letters and letter combinations were used. Publishing his findings in 1936 he patented his Simplified Keyboard in the same year. Yet despite user friendly designs, workplace experiments, and seemingly contrary to scientific trials, the less ergonomic and more commercial Qwerty keyboard, developed by Sholes and Gidden remained the standard English language keyboard.