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It does, to a Qwerty typist, or to one who switches between for whatever reason. Quite a few keys in Colemak are preserved between it and Qwerty (like zxcv), making it both easier to learn and easier to jump back and forth.

Personally, when I play the occasional video game, I'll do so in Qwerty instead of redefining every key. For typing and programming (aka daily life), I use Colemak.

I would dare to say no, if you already know Dvorak then switching to Colemak doesn't offer a lot of advantage.

There are some reports that say that Colemak is marginally better but IMHO they where not conclusive.

Bottom line, both are well designed layouts (Dvorak by a human and Colemak by a computer) and substantially better than QWERTY.

The Colemak FAQ answers that:

http://colemak.com/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ#What.27s_wrong_w...