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i don't have to move my hand any further than i would to press ctrl/alt

• brucephillips 9y ago
  Yes, you would. Ctrl/alt are within finger range. The arrow keys aren't.
  • c256 9y ago
    There’s a lot of research in this area. One of the most consistent results of this research is “people don’t feel like moving their hands (off the home row, over to the arrow keys, over to the editing keys, etc) is slower, even though it is slower”. For most people, the feel is more important than the speed. In other words, this argument topic usually doesn’t end reasonably for either side. :-) P.S. For extra fun, look up the mouse-vs.-hotkeys discussion. My favorite example is in the research paper for Plan 9’s Acme & 8½ ui.
  • inetknght 9y ago
    Again, different keyboards, even QWERTY keyboards, have different layouts. Look at laptops... no single brand has the same keyboard layout for each year's model. It's really f!@#$ing annoying actually.
    • brucephillips 9y ago
      For example?
      • inetknght 9y ago
        Go to any computer store and look at keyboards.