Ted Ashton <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> The primary disadvantage is that if you go into another programmers
office,
> you've no idea which key(s) are control, alt, etc.

This reminds me of a funny story. Many years ago in a previous life one of
my user's  keyboards was dropped and a good number of the keys popped off. I
was left with the task of putting them back on.

Several months later she asked me why Lotus 123 on her PC at home worked
different from her PC at the office. At home she used the alt key for
certain functions, yet at work it was ctrl. My initial reaction was that she
was nuts until I discovered I had swapped the alt and ctrl keys months
earlier.

My opinion on the natural keyboards: In the few times I have tried them I
have always felt like I was typing on the side of a bowling ball. I'm sure
in time you get used to it.

Doug.

Doug Werth                             Beechglen Development Inc.
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