Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 00:16:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de>, jfieber@indiana.edu, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD keyboard Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960714000346.1694A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <199607131836.UAA01435@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > As Greg Lehey wrote: > > touch-typist. That's why I'm still holding on to my dying Northgate > > keyboards, which have the F keys on the left, where I can access them > > without looking. Why did they ever move them away to where you can't > > find them? > > 'cause fewer and fewer people know how to use a keyboard. What!? Those F keys are much easier to hit when their up at the top of the keyboard! Now, you want to talk about misplaced keys, look at the <backspace>, or better yet, <scroll-lock>, `~', ``', and <pause> --- they're too far away. The F keys, however are greatly placed! Just curl the thumb to hit the <alt> and extend a finger and you're gone! By tilting one's left hand to the left, you can even hit <ctrl> at the same time! I love it! OTOH, I suppose if your fingers are less than 10cm each (that's 4 inches for all the Americans here :) it could be a little harder... ;) To be fair, I suppose the last time I did try the `F' keys on the left I was about 10 (years).... However, trying to hit virtual F keys on the left must be a pretty good approximation... :) Ahh.... The days when the mouse sold with your computer still had three buttons... -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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