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Subject:Re: pc keyboard that's "springy" like the Mac's ? From:Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com> To:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> Date:Wed, 9 Jan 2013 08:34:39 -0800
I have had four generations of the MS Natural, including the first, and I never noticed until now that the 6 was on the
left.
Laura
On Jan 9, 2013, at 7:50 AM, Combs, Richard wrote:
> Tony Chung wrote:
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>> Remember the first generation of MS natural? The 6 key was on the left
>> side. Who typed like that?
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> I got a new MS Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 just a few months ago. It still has the 6 key on the left. I've been using MS ergonomic keyboards for years, and I'm fine with that. IIRC, it took very little time to get used to it.
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> Face it, the 6 key is a bit of a stretch for most people regardless of which forefinger you use. I think using the left hand for it actually makes more sense. There are 12 keys between ` and Backspace -- why wouldn't you divide them 6 to the left and 6 to the right?
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