Also not logical, because somebody who designed this, just chose the arbitrary shortcut as "backwards" starts with "b", and now we are stuck with it. I don't k

Also not logical, because somebody who designed this, just chose the arbitrary shortcut as "backwards" starts with "b", and now we are stuck with it. I don't know why everybody seems to hate the arrow keys; I am a blind typer, and I definitely get more strain from emacs control sequences than from CUA and arrow keys. I would have used vim, but pressing Esc to switch between modes is akin to feeling an unwanted electrical jolt; breaks the flow in 100% of cases. And I like my flow.