Re:slightly different paradigm (Score 1)

(For one: Except for capital letters I've never had to press two buttons at once, ever ... you escape to exit your edit mode and then it is all single key sequences to do what you want. Simple things but, for example, hitting the control button requires shifting your hand in an akward position wheras :w you don't have to move whatsoever ... )

Please do tell me how you get the ":" without hitting two keys at the same time. You must have a very special keyboard.