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From: weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796))
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Subject: Re: Let's Talk Keyboards!
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Date: 4 Apr 91 16:02:54 GMT
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In article <18196@cgl.ucsf.EDU>, alonso@maxwell.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Darwin
Alonso) writes:
|> I hate the Mac because, contrary to every other keyboard I have ever used,
|> the little marker/reference nipples are on the 'd' and 
|> 'k' keys instead of the 'j' and 'f' keys. I have many choice words in
|> at least three languages for the people who made that design decision.

I think Macs are the only keyboard that got it right. I don't know
about you, but my middle fingers are longer than my pointer fingers.
Hence, they tend to touch the d and k keys while my pointer fingers are
"floating" over the j and f keys. They were also smart enough to put the
nipples in the middle of the key were I tend to put my finger instead of
on the very edge of the key (see sun-4 keyboard).

Well, so much for a universal keyboard :-)

weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer )