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From: jef@well.sf.ca.us (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Left Handed programmers (was Sinister Hackers 8-))
Message-ID: <19624@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 20 Aug 90 06:01:04 GMT
References: <1488@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) wrote:
}I'm tired of bozo programs which expect
}you to have a right hand on a mouse and a left hand on the keyboard...

And bozo keyboard designers too, like the ones at Xerox who put the
function keys on the left side of the keyboard.

Actually, there's a bright side.  Since I was forced by this misdesign
to learn to mouse right-handed, I can now write Post-It notes and mouse
at the same time.
---
Jef

  Jef Poskanzer  jef@well.sf.ca.us  {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!jef
     Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.