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My brother has used Dvorak for the past 10 years.
It's easy to learn. You can still retain qwerty proficiency. It does feel nicer for typing English. It doesn't help programming. It's annoying to use multiple/public computers.
There are quite a few layouts that may be better than Dvorak. But probably not by enough to justify the extra effort of choosing one.
I first learned how to touch type on Dvorak, but switched to qwerty when I went to college so I wouldn't have issues using other computers. I found that I could not maintain proficiency with both layouts. One skill just clobbered the other.
Maybe that's true once you try to get extremely fast with both.
Since elementary school typing class, I've been 80+ wpm qwerty.
I only learned and used dvorak up to about 50-60 wpm. Perhaps I never could have built maximum competence in both. I definitely noticed some mode-switching overhead.