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From: rico@oscvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Keyboards
Message-ID: <521@oscvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 24-Oct-87 15:48:26 EST
Article-I.D.: oscvax.521
Posted: Sat Oct 24 15:48:26 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Oct-87 22:00:56 EST
References: <4313@zen.berkeley.edu> <16251@amdahl.amdahl.com> <2059@tekig4.TEK.COM> <2574@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: rico@oscvax.UUCP (Rico Mariani)
Organization: Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <2574@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>
>Ah, I *looks* convienient, and is probably optimum for a hand that reaches over
>from the home keys to stab a button, but it isn't so good when you want plant
>your hand over it and do repeated cursor manipulations such as in a spreadsheet
>or perhaps a drafting package.  The middle finger doesn't like to bend back to
>the cursor down key, causing this to be tagged as anti-ergonomic.  The A1000
>cross arrangment is even worse in this respect (opinion) since it seems hard
>to even figure out which fingers to use.

I didn't know what fingers I used to do cursoring until I watched myself do
it (I kind of touch type a lot...).  And the A1000 cross works good for me

	   alphas   keypad
	_________________
	|  .......   .. |  keyboard with position of wrists 
	|_______________|	 during normal typing shown  
	  / /   \ \

To use cursors (in spreadsheet etc.) slide right wrist over by 3 inches
you'll find that your index finger lines up with the left-crsr, middle
lines up with up-crsr, ring lines up with right-crsr and thumb (which was
on space bar) lines up with down-crsr.  Works good for me, but I've
got small fingers...

		-Rico

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