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Article #38067Re: Replace those key caps. PLEASE!!!
From: Lee Dickey
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1989 10:14
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1989 10:14
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In article <23238@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> c60c-3ds@web-1b.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami) writes:
>I think he wants smaller keys. The ST keys are about 2 mm wider than
>most typewriter's and even wider than most terminal keys. The rhomboid
>F-keys usually present a problem to new users. The answer is to aim for
>the numbers on the keys, not the centers.
I would appreciate slightly smaller key tops, but find the distance
between centers to be just about right. I would like pimples on two
keys, the "F" and "J" keys, to tell my index fingers when they are
in the correct position. I have no interest in more spring tension
under the keys.
Function keys grouped in a rectangle would be more ergonomic than
having them spread out in a long line. Just having a break
between groups groups of keys would be some help. As it is,
I tie my most frequently used key functions to keys near the
end of the line, and hate it when I have to look down to find
"F5" or "F6" in the middle of the line.
--
L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!maytag!water!ljdickey From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Replace those key caps. PLEASE!!! Message-ID: <2256@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 18 Apr 89 10:14:30 GMT References: <8904111619.AA15221@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <866@sactoh0.UUCP> <23238@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 24