I don' agree entirely as the way we now use keyboards has changed substantially. Not sure how your introduction to keyboards came about but mine was a youth where stenographers and typists in typing pools did the majority of typwritten work. My early introduction to the humble typewriter was with my studies and having to obtain the mandatory touch typing speed required as a probationary constable to complete the never ending forms and reports in quadruplicate on antiquated Royal, Olivetti and Olympia machines depending on where you were stationed. As the Service evolved and careers progressed we had access to IBM golfball, and later the first word processor 'Wang" which was the beginning of the demise of the typing pool and beginning of author created documents. With the introduction of tablets and my use of such I rarely use adesk supported keyboard.
Now do most of my work on a tablet or smartphone with two thumbs supporting it with my fingers. A completely different way in which I use a keyboard.
My daughter, the technocrat, uses a tablet in a similar way but taking it a step further using two thumbs, voice apps and predictive texts which makes me feel like a dinosaur.
Not really a matter of fixing but one of evolving to technology, bit like going from a pencil and paper, to a slide rule and eventually mathematical formula based calculator.
Big Boy wrote:It might work in the playground, but there are so many 'serious' users/applications, I don't think it would catch on - there is already a worldwide standard that works. Why fix it if it isn't broken? No more than a gimmick IMHO.
'Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way they ask for directions'. -Winston Churchill-
