i have a very old laptop, which is dying a slow and painful death. the most recent bits to go are the a,s,d,f, w, e and r keys.
because external keyboards aren't very portable, richard kindly offered me a sony viao he had upstairs that i could borrow, and i used it for a couple of days, but i kept having trouble with my cursor jumping randomly to other places in my document as i typed. at first i thought it was a touchpad sensitivity issue, and planned to adjust that, but on closer examination, i realized it was happening because i am left handed. as a left hander, i use my left thumb on the spacebar, and this sony is designed with the touchpad slightly left aligned and the spacebar slightly farther to the right than on mine. thus, every time i hit space, i run the risk of grazing over the touchpad and sending my cursor flying.
[written 22 october; posted 24 october]
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