Actually, your presumption is wrong. Almost everyone glances down at their keyboard to get their bearings dozens of times per hour. Yes, sometimes even when they hit something so common as ^V. This is why keyboards are printed with large capital letters in very clear type.
Why don't you try putting little stickers over the letters on your keyboard some time and see just how often you use them as a crutch? You don't even have to cover all the letters; just do ten or fifteen--say, the entire bottom row. You will be surprised at how much you rely on them.
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Actually, your presumption is wrong. Almost everyone glances down at their keyboard to get their bearings dozens of times per hour. Yes, sometimes even when they hit something so common as ^V. This is why keyboards are printed with large capital letters in very clear type.
Why don't you try putting little stickers over the letters on your keyboard some time and see just how often you use them as a crutch? You don't even have to cover all the letters; just do ten or fifteen--say, the entire bottom row. You will be surprised at how much you rely on them.