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Because I'm used to Ctrl being the outermost key on desktop keyboards

• zeveb 9y ago
  But that's really an incorrect position for it. The most commonly used keys should be easiest to hit (hence the Command key on Macs being right next to the spacebar). Since Control is used more often then Alt, Control should be immediately next to the spacebar, then Alt, then Function.
  • GrayShade 9y ago
    I always press Ctrl with the side of my palm. It's much easier than using my pinky.
    • qu4z-2 9y ago
      Me too, and alt with my thumb. It drives me insane when Ctrl is not the outermost key.
      • GrayShade 9y ago
        Exactly!
  • SippinLean 9y ago
    Incorrect? It's a personal preference, I find it easy to hit with my pinky. Pressing Cmd+Z on Mac means pinching my thumb and ring finger together, Cmd+V means crossing my left index finger over my thumb; neither are more comfortable than using my pinky. I personally remap Command to the Control key on my OSX boxes for this very reason.
  • always_good 9y ago
    In my opinion, it's easy to hit cmd because it's the key right next to the spacebar and thus easy to find, not because it's close to the center. It's easy to hit the bottom-leftmost key because it's also easy to find. And your pinky doesn't need to reach towards the center. Meanwhile I can't consistently hit the keys between them because there's no real reference position. I'm often off by one, hit between them, and generally have to look at the keyboard. For that reason I never use the ctrl button on the macbook and instead bind it to capslock. I find that ctrl is at just about the worst place on the keyboard where it currently is on the macbook. My hands can span the entire keyboard, so "close to the center" isn't an optimization for the same reason that it would probably slow you down if the most commonly used english letters were clustered together in one spot.
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