when developing code, I am much less productive when forced to use a mouse

hold-over from mechanical caps lock key on mechanical typewriters

I have grown used to Control being at bottom left, but Apple put the FN key there

doesn’t work on my MacBook and Apple’s software is insufficient to properly remap Shift-Lock out of existence

I use a screwdriver to remove Shift-Lock on all of my keyboards

no github

no laptops then

“computers” were big boxes that sat under your desk

underlying beliefs drive decisions in subtle ways, subtle yet powerful

software cost $

emacs has waaay too many option - appears “complex” not “simple”

culture

evolution of keyboards

UNDO is very common in usage, but assigned to a secondary chord

2 hands, not one

i.e. ^X fat-finger-flub u is not the same as ^Xu (and results in strange results)

emacs’ UNDO (^Xu) is a disaster, esp. as you get older and become fat-fingered

less common commands require 2 chords (e.g. ^QK)

^X is a simultaneous chord preformed by one hand

it would be interesting to ask this same author for a review of more recent word-processing software

no mouse

mouse needs 5 fingers

most common keys are accessible in one stroke by fingers

Who uses Shift-Lock today?

Control used to be where Shift-Lock is today

no real chance to try out a piece of software

no open source

once you made a choice, you stuck with it

The Control key drifted around in keyboard designs

no Page Up / Page Down keys

no Home/End keys

no arrow keys