F and J keys

mr ploppy · 03-03-2011, 06:47 AM

On typewriters, and later on computer keyboards, they have a raised ridge on the F and J keys. This is so that touch-typists can find them without looking (F and J are "home" keys, where your index fingers start, and from there you can find every other key without looking.)

So why do Kindles have a raised ridge on the F and J keys?

HarryT · 03-03-2011, 06:56 AM

For exactly the same reason.

Yolina · 03-03-2011, 07:00 AM

I'd hate to try and touch-type on the Kindle keyboard though

somehow I don't think I could do my usual 65 words/minutes on it.

mr ploppy · 03-03-2011, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

For exactly the same reason.

What, for little pixies and leprechauns or something?

HarryT · 03-03-2011, 07:06 AM

Not at all; I touch type on my Kindle, just as I touch type on the soft keyboard on my iPhone. Your brain just has to get used to the spacing of the keys.

03-03-2011, 06:47 AM	#1
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	F and J keys On typewriters, and later on computer keyboards, they have a raised ridge on the F and J keys. This is so that touch-typists can find them without looking (F and J are "home" keys, where your index fingers start, and from there you can find every other key without looking.) So why do Kindles have a raised ridge on the F and J keys?

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03-03-2011, 06:56 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	For exactly the same reason.

03-03-2011, 07:00 AM	#3
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	I'd hate to try and touch-type on the Kindle keyboard though somehow I don't think I could do my usual 65 words/minutes on it.

03-03-2011, 07:06 AM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Not at all; I touch type on my Kindle, just as I touch type on the soft keyboard on my iPhone. Your brain just has to get used to the spacing of the keys.

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