QWERTY KEYBOARD ARROWS TO LOW

[Skybuck Flying]

SEE BELOW FOR LINKS TO PICTURES, ILLUSTRATING THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION.

A POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT TO THE QWERTY KEYBOARD LAYOUT:

1. THE ARROW KEYS ARE PLACED TO LOW, THIS CAN CAUSE RSI IN THE RIGHT HAND, THIS OCCURENCE IS VERY RARE, BUT IT DID HAPPEN DURING THE PLAY OF QUAKE 1 AND USING THE ARROWS TO GO FORWARD AND TURN LEFT AND RIGHT AND THE LEFT SHIFT KEY USING THE LEFT HAND TO RUN.

AFTER SIX HOURS OF PLAY, A TERMINATOR HAND HAPPENED, THE ARM MUSSLES WOULD NOT MOVE SMOOTHLY ANYMORE.

NOWADAYS EVERYBODY OFCOURSE PLAYS WITH AWSD KEYS WITH LEFT HAND AND THE MOUSE IN RIGHT HAND, SO THAT BOTH HANDS CAN REST ON THE TABLE, THE AWSD KEYS ARE HIGHER ON THE KEYBOARD AND DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE BECAUSE OF THIS.

2. THERE IS SOME SPACING BETWEEN THE ARROW KEYS AND THE PAGE UP AND PAGE DOWN KEYS, I ALSO SUGGEST TO MOVE THE PRINT SCREEN, SCROL LOCK AND PAUSE/BREAK KEYS TO THE RIGHT ABOVE THE NUMPAD TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE PAGE UP AND PAGE DOWNS KEYS AND MOVE THEM UPWARDS, ALSO THE DELETE, INSERT KEYS, ETC, BASICALLY THOSE 6 KEYS SHOULD BE MOVED UP.

3. MY SUGGESTION IS TO PLACE/MOVE THE ARROW KEYS EVEN HIGHER THAN THE AWSD KEYS, SO THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE RIGHT HAND TO REST ON THE TABLE/KEYBOARD.

FINALLY THIS SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT TO THE QWERTY KEYBOARD LAYOUT COULD BENEFIT PROGRAMMERS AT MICROSOFT, GOOGLE, APPLE AND MIGHT LEAD TO SLIGHTLY LESS FATIGUE IN THE RIGHT HAND FINGERS AND ARM MUSSLES, THOUGH SUCH FATIGUE/CRAMP IS RARE AND ONLY HAPPENS AFTER VERY LONG PROGRAMMING SESSIONS, THAT'S TRUE.

HOWEVER MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, NEW APPLICATIONS MIGHT REQUIRE INTENSIVELY USAGE OF THE ARROW KEYS AND THEN IT COULD BE NICE TO HAVE THIS IMPROVEMENT, MAYBE ALSO FOR CAD/CAM WORK, BUT I HAVE NO PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
AUTODESK AND SUCH.

FINALLY THIS SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT SHOULD BE TRIED TO SEE IF IT DOES NOT INTERFER WITH THE OTHER KEYS, NO ACCIDENTLY PRESSED OF OTHER KEYS AND JUST TO SEE IF PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT.

ONE MORE THING TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND TEST IS THE NEW POSITION OF THE PAGE UP AND PAGE DOWN KEYS WHICH ARE NOW A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. I DON'T THINK THIS NEW POSITION WILL BE WORSE OR ANNOYING, BUT SHOULD BE TESTED ANYWAY.

A SCIENCETIFIC APPROACH COULD BE TAKEN BY OBSERVING MICROSOFT PROGRAMMERS AND GOOGLE PROGRAMMERS TO SEE WHICH KEYS TO PRESS THE MOST:
PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN OR THE ARROW KEYS.

PLUS SOME CALCULATIONS COULD BE MADE TO SEE HOW MUCH ENERGY IS SAVED OR USED BY MOVING THE HANDS AND ALSO HOLDING THE HAND UP IN THE AIR VERSUS RESTING IT ON THE KEYBOARD.

MOST LIKELY THIS NEW QWERTY KEYBOARD LAYOUT WILL BE MUCH MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT BECAUSE OF THE RESTING HAND AND ALSO LESS HAND MOVEMENT BECAUSE OF THE ARROW KEYS BEING HIGHER AND THEREFORE CLOSER IN HEIGHT TO THE REST OF THE KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD, AT THE SLIGHTLY EXPENSIVE OF HAVING TO REACH SLIGHTLY HIGHER FOR THE PAGE UP AND PAGE DOWN KEYS.

ANOTHER BIG BENEFIT OF THIS IMPROVEMENT IS THAT THE KEYS STILL STAY MOSTLY WHERE PEOPLE EXPECT THEM TO BE... I THINK PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY LIKE THE NEW POSITION OF THE ARROWS KEYS, IT WILL PREVENT THEM FROM HAVING TO MOVE THE RIGHT HAND DOWN, INSTEAD THEY CAN KEEP THE RIGHT HAND AT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE LEFT HAND AND THUS ALSO SAVING SOME ENERGY IN THE RIGHT HAND/ARM.

FINALLY IF YOU WANT TO SEE A DRAWING/VIDEO OF MY PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT TO THE QWERTY KEYBOARD LAYOUT, SEE THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO:

https://youtu.be/U4GAWe7Rvdg

OR CHECK MY WEBDRIVE FOR SCREENSHOTS:

STATE THE PROBLEM:

http://www.skybuck.org/Analysis/QWERTYKeyboard/QUAKE%201%20RSI%20EXAMPLE.png

OFFER A SOLUTION:

http://www.skybuck.org/Analysis/QWERTYKeyboard/A%20POSSIBLE%20IMPROVEMENT%20TO%20THE%20QWERTY%20KEYBOARD.png

WHY AWSD DOES NOT HAVE SAME PROBLEM:

http://www.skybuck.org/Analysis/QWERTYKeyboard/RIGHT%20HAND%20CANT%20REST%20WELL.png

THIS IS MY GIFT TO HUMANITY AFTER 30+ YEARS OF USING PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND QWERTY KEYBOARD AND LAPTOPS AND YADADADADADADA.

I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE IT, I HOPE YOU TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUSLY AND I ACTUALLY HOPE YOU TRY IT OUT AND IMPROVEEEEEEE ON THE QWERTY KEYBOARD LAYOUT....

CAUSE GOD KNOWS IT CAN DO BETTERRRRRRR.....

BYE FOR NOW,
SKYBUCK FLYING.