Ouch, that would be a pain to use. All four of them are on the same finger, even! The problem with leaving hjkl where they are is that it wastes a huge amount o

Ouch, that would be a pain to use. All four of them are on the same finger, even! The problem with leaving hjkl where they are is that it wastes a huge amount of prime real estate. In colemak -- as you've seen -- those keys are used for hnei, all commonly typed letters. jkl are much less common.