Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary writes (Lympa blog) <<I've always wondered at how technology makes such huge leaps over amazing distances and forgets the toothbrush. Computer keyboards are another example of a high level of ergonomics at the brochure level. Thirty years ago, IBM keypunch machines had a feature that is now lost - the "F" and "J homekeys were dished in deeper than the other keys. When PC keyboards came out, my fingers were lost, and I did not know why. Looking carefully at the old keyboards, I discovered that without conscious effort, my fingers naturally fell into the home keys. Why would such a useful feature completely disappear from all modern keyboards?>> Gary, Apple computer keyboards have little pips on the home keys. Obviously some people at Apple still touch type. Stangely enough, the newer keyboards for the PPC and MacIntels have the pips on the F and J keys, while the older keyboards have the pips on the D and K keys. Larry Z