Re: SKETCH: Left-handed language :)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 22, 2002, 15:22 |
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:44:48 -0400 Amanda Babcock <langs@...>
writes:
> Logically, it would seem to, but touch-typing puts the '6' on the
> right
> index finger (4 and 5 on the left index finger, 6 and 7 on the
> right).
> The whole keyboard is divided for touch-typing by a slanting line
> that
> starts between the 5 and 6 and ends between the b and n.
> (Ridiculous
> backward compatibility with typewriters that couldn't have keys
> right on top of each other...)
> Amanda
-
And i always type the letter B with my *right* hand...
Which is why i hate those "ergonomic" keyboards that split the keyboard
into separate peices for the different hands; they force you to type B
with the left hand because the right hand can't reach it anymore.
-Stephen (Steg)
"azoi-aole, yeli yu emze."