Re: Newsreaders for XP or Linux?

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:40:52 -0700, David Friedman
<ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1C2HKxAlJM8IFwdB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Helen Hall <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Do people who use the things all type with fewer fingers, or do they
have very small hands?

I probably have smaller hands than you, but I can touch type quite
happily using all my fingers on the Eee. The only annoying thing is a
tendency to hit the up arrow key instead of right Shift, but I think
that's just a matter of using it more so I get used to the extra reach
with the little finger.


Thanks. Interesting.

I think it's simply bad design--putting the up arrow next to the
unusually small right shift. It's one of the reasons I sent my eee off
to college with my daughter, who does a fast hunt and peck instead of
touch typing and doesn't have a problem with the keyboard, and got
myself an Acer Aspire One instead.

Ah, yes. Jeff (my friend) commented on the size of the shift key; I
peered at the keyboard and asked, "Is that it?" in genuine doubt.

Most full-sized keyboards have a ridiculously large shift key, but
that's going to the other extreme.

Jonathan

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