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Home keys: F&J vs. D&K?
It's already been answered why there are bumps on certain keys of the home row of a keyboard but... when I learned to type in middle school about 20 years ago, the bumps were on the D&K. Mac's in the early years also had the bumps on D&K while PC's had them on the F&J. Anyone know why this changed? I've been searching for sometime and I distinctly remember the bumps under my middle fingers. So much so that I occassionally mistype something today.
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- r_moulton76Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Interesting question.
When I took typing it was the Gregg method on a Royal manual typewriter. No bumps at all. The home keys were F and J. Same keys as when my mother took typing in the 40's using her battleship L.C. Smith Corona (I swear that thing weighed 40 lbs.)
PC's continued with this scheme. I suspect that Apple, in its never ending question to differentiate itself, decided to use D and K at least in part because a computer keyboard has more keys to the left and right (not to mention the keypad) than a typewriter. Be cool to know for sure. I'll ask Steve Jobs next time I see him.
- 1 decade ago
hmmmmmm.....r u sure? even so, your hands would still be placed in the same position. so does it matter where the bumps are? there are no bumps on my dell key board. which i have never noticed until now. I just type.
