Ask Slashdot: Do You Press "6" Key With Right Or Left Hand?

New submitter ne0phyte73 writes: In some countries and in some touch typing books key "6" is pressed with right hand and in some others with left. It's not a big issue until you have a split keyboard. Guys at UHK are putting it on the left side. Do you agree? What hand do you use to press "6"? Left hand here, but it's not a strong preference; I'll take a keyboard that omits Caps Lock wherever they put the 6.

Comments

I don't.

[digsbo]

I press the "3" key twice, really fast.

Right side, because that's where the number pad is

[the_humeister]

I use the number pad a lot more often than the top row of number keys.

My numeric key pad is on right side of keyboard

[QuietLagoon]

So I use my right hand to press the "6" key (and any other number key, for that matter).

My Microsoft ergonomic keyboard has it on the left

[innocent_white_lamb]

My Microsoft Natural 4000 keyboard has it on the left.

Since I've been using Microsoft ergonomic keyboards for years, I'm now in the habit of hitting the 6 with my left forefinger.

(Microsoft can't make a decent operating system, but their keyboards and mice are first class.)

Yeah, it's deep, too.

[PopeRatzo]

I use my penis — a.k.a. middle leg.

Of course. For those of us who are, shall we say, gifted, we don't even have to get out of our chair to hit the "6" key.

However, the fact that we have to type sans trousers makes us sort of unemployable but that's a decent trade-off.

I can also play five octaves of the C note simultaneously on my piano in this manner.

Left, right

[markdavis]

I have a split Microsoft Wireless Natural at home (yes, a huge offense as a Linux-only user) and the 6 is on the left.

And at work (also Linux-only of course) I have some type of split Logitech and 6 is also on the left.

I am thinking left is probably right (pun intended).

Re:My Microsoft ergonomic keyboard has it on the l

[satch89450]

Because people who type all the time don't like to have their wrists twisted like they are wear handcuffs. I remember the first time I used a Hodgekiss keyboard (split and tilted up) my wrists were much, much happier in just a few minutes.

Re:Fixing the Caps/Control/Mouse Key's more import

[VanGarrett]

As a draftsman, I find myself using the Caps lock key quite a bit. Without it, I'd be sitting on the Shift key for pretty much of the day. No, the Caps lock key is quite useful, thank you very much.