Emacs pinky is mostly a fault of keyboard designs. Emacs' reliance on ctrl-combos exacerbates this (vi has fewer issues, Esc and the colon). Typematrix.com key

Emacs pinky is mostly a fault of keyboard designs. Emacs' reliance on ctrl-combos exacerbates this (vi has fewer issues, Esc and the colon). Typematrix.com keyboards ameliorate this, as do the (not shipping yet) keyboards at trulyergonomic.com Thumbs should be used for common keys, the Maltron, Kinesis and Typematrix keyboards make this possible. So does the Alphagrips.com device, which I am eagerly awaiting.