Comment Re:6 key on the left side (Score 1) 146
Different schools of touch-typing assign the digit 6 key to different hands. This goes back a long way.
We talked about this at a keyboard-oriented discussion forum recently and one user had found two different touch-typing manuals in English from 1889 and 1893 that were different about this key.
The original Scholes and Glidden QWERTY layout used the letter I as the digit 1. The numeric row started with the digit 2, so the whole row was shifted one step to the left compared to modern keyboards.
So originally, the number 6 was truly on the left side but moved to the right when the numeric row got a proper 1-key.
I once did a survey of split ergonomic keyboards. The most popular series: the Microsoft Natural Keyboards, has it on the left.
Out of 24 keyboard models, 16 had the number-6 key on the left side, 7 had it on the right side and one even had it on both.