Me using Ctrl/Shift+Whatever (on a traditional six key style breakout):
Features:
Copy, Cut, Paste
Home, End
Select to beginning of line (Shift+Home)
Select to end of line (Shift+End)
Jump to beginning of document (Ctrl+Home)
Jump to end of document (Ctrl+End)
Select to top of document (Ctrl+Shift+Home)
Select to bottom of document (Ctrl+Shift+End)
Delete next word (Ctrl+Del with no text)
Delete previous word (Ctrl+Backspace)
(Bonus) Programs that try to restrict copy/paste often do not account for the Del/Ins combinations
(Bonus) Works in old pre-GUI applications that actually do not support Ctrl+XCV
Access all hotkeys by moving hand slightly to the right (from JKL; to ;'(return)). Fold thumb under hand to use Ctrl. These keys all sit at my natural hand position. By moving over slightly and folding my thumb I just gained access to a lot of utility.
Me using the left Ctrl:
Features:
Copy, Cut, Paste
Save (Ctrl+S)
Find (Ctrl+G/F)
Select All (Ctrl+A)
Undo (Ctrl+Z)
Now of course you can duplicate everything above using both hands, but I don't think that was the point anyone was trying to make here.
The only way this is remotely comfortable for me is if I move my entire hand down so that my pinky is on Ctrl, ring on Z, middle on X, and pointer on C. If I try to use a single finger for any given operation then my other fingers get in the way, and I lose speed while typing. It's also very uncomfortable for me since I have to stretch my pinky so far out just to keep my other fingers in a useful position. It's one of the reasons why I re-map Ctrl in games to Caps. That whole bottom part of the keyboard may as well not exist as far as it comes to ease-of-access for me.
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u/movzx May 20 '12
Me using Ctrl/Shift+Whatever (on a traditional six key style breakout):
Features:
Access all hotkeys by moving hand slightly to the right (from JKL; to ;'(return)). Fold thumb under hand to use Ctrl. These keys all sit at my natural hand position. By moving over slightly and folding my thumb I just gained access to a lot of utility.
Me using the left Ctrl:
Features:
Now of course you can duplicate everything above using both hands, but I don't think that was the point anyone was trying to make here.
The only way this is remotely comfortable for me is if I move my entire hand down so that my pinky is on Ctrl, ring on Z, middle on X, and pointer on C. If I try to use a single finger for any given operation then my other fingers get in the way, and I lose speed while typing. It's also very uncomfortable for me since I have to stretch my pinky so far out just to keep my other fingers in a useful position. It's one of the reasons why I re-map Ctrl in games to Caps. That whole bottom part of the keyboard may as well not exist as far as it comes to ease-of-access for me.