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From: c60c-3ds@web-1b.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Replace those key caps. PLEASE!!!
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Date: 18 Apr 89 05:47:18 GMT
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In article <866@sactoh0.UUCP> mfolivo@sactoh0.UUCP (Mark F. Olivo) writes:
>Key caps too big? No. Fingers to clumsy, maybe. What does he want,
>smaller keys? The size of the key do not present a problem to most
>people. And the rhomboid funcion keys? KEEP 'EM! The slant design
>looks better than the rest of the zillion keyboards out there, and
>the ergonomics of a rhomboid (as he calls it) has never presented a
>problem for me. If anything, maybe a new keyboard could include 12
>function keys, so that running the ST under IBM emulation, we have
>all 12 function keys. And maybe an equivalent to a PgUp and PgDn,
>and an END key.
>
>Mark Newton-John
>Sacramento, CA
>

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'm not the greatest typist in the world, but my errors increase significantly
when I touch type on the ST.  The most common error is hitting 2 adjacent
keys because the caps are too large.  I know this must be the case because
I don't make nearly as many errors on typewriters and other computers (with
selectric keyboards).  Smaller caps are in order (as well a mega style key
response, which I've fallen in love with).


         John Kawakami               
   c60c-3ds@web.berkeley.edu