keyboards and keycaps

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Russell L. Harris wrote:
...
> When in High School (A.D. 1963) I learned to type (QWERTY), the
> typewriters in the classroom had blank keycaps.  A layout chart was
> hung on the wall in the front of the room.  We learned to "touch
> type," and were able to reach 95 words per minute.

  i flunked typing in Jr. High school, i had a problem with
the teacher but also hated manual typewriters.  little did i
know that a handful of years later i'd be spending many hours
in a computer lab typing on keypunches and other layouts.

  i ended up learning how to touch type, but it did take some
time.  but i did learn.  i'm sure i've got my ten thousand
hours or more by now.


...
> And when touch-typing, the labels on the keycaps do not matter.  All
> my keyboards are standard QWERTY.

  true, i'm typing on a keyboard that has no visible labels
on the keys unless i turn on the LED lights which shine
through the keys to light them up.  it helps that there are
the bumps on the home row keys and the number 5 on the
number pad.


> In an office environment, the guy using Dvorak with a keyboard labeled
> QWERTY has no worries about others messing with his computer.

  :)


  songbird