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From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Replace those key caps. PLEASE!!!
Message-ID: <2256@water.waterloo.edu>
Date: 18 Apr 89 10:14:30 GMT
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In article <23238@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> c60c-3ds@web-1b.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami) writes:
>I think he wants smaller keys.  The ST keys are about 2 mm wider than 
>most typewriter's and even wider than most terminal keys.  The rhomboid
>F-keys usually present a problem to new users.  The answer is to aim for
>the numbers on the keys, not the centers.

I would appreciate slightly smaller key tops, but find the distance
between centers to be just about right.  I would like pimples on two
keys, the "F" and "J" keys, to tell my index fingers when they are
in the correct position.  I have no interest in more spring tension
under the keys.

Function keys grouped in a rectangle would be more ergonomic than
having them spread out in a long line.  Just having a break 
between groups groups of keys would be some help.  As it is,
I tie my most frequently used key functions to keys near the
end of the line, and hate it when I have to look down to find
"F5" or "F6" in the middle of the line.

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