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The Wordstar diamond was quite common at a time, and definitely not mnemonic.

• pklausler 10y ago
  Never used it, but it sure had its fans. Too bad that it lies beneath the left hand.
  • mhd 10y ago
    I doubt that handedness really matters for these kind of tasks, but of course everyone has their preferences.
    • pklausler 10y ago
      My left hand is clumsy, at least in comparison to my right hand. If commonly-used functions have to all be under one hand, left is bad for me.
    • Todd 10y ago
      Many games use WASD under the left hand for motion, but that's to leave the right hand free to use the mouse. I've never tried mousing and cursoring in an editor before. Hmm.
      • mhd 10y ago
        It certainly wasn't a factor when WordStar arrived, but otherwise combining mousing and keyboard commands is quite common (i.e. selecting text and then using the CUA cut/copy/paste commands).