The keyboard keys are staggered for historical reasons [1]. I always found it awkward moving my fingers diagonally instead of vertically. My typing experience i

The keyboard keys are staggered for historical reasons [1]. I always found it awkward moving my fingers diagonally instead of vertically. My typing experience improved dramatically moving to an ortholinear keyboard [2]. It helped my pinky RSI as well with the modifiers being on the thumb clusters. [1] https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/40390/why-are-keyboard-keys-staggered https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/40390/why-are-keyboar... [2] https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/adv360pro/ https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/adv360pro/