That doesn't make it outdated though. It's a happy accident that something developed for a certain set of limitations still has a lot of benefits today without

That doesn't make it outdated though. It's a happy accident that something developed for a certain set of limitations still has a lot of benefits today without those specific limitations. Who standardized on separate cursor keys? Yes, we have arrow keys, but they're ergonomically worse than anything that lets you stay on the home row. I'll even take the Emacs keys over arrow keys.