That's weird, I'm a Dvorak touch typist and I find the Alt keys to be much easier to reach than Escape. To reach Escape I basically have to leave the home row,

That's weird, I'm a Dvorak touch typist and I find the Alt keys to be much easier to reach than Escape. To reach Escape I basically have to leave the home row, while to reach one of the Alts I simply have to bend my ring finger.