About thirty years ago, I used a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard at home, and I loved it. The problem was that I was spending hours typing at home ergonomically, and then spending hours at work typing the ‘normal’ way on a conventional keyboard. All the other conventional keyboards felt wrong, and it was difficult to adapt on a daily basis. Eventually, the home keyboard died, and I replaced it with a conventional keyboard. I fondly remember the ergonomic keyboard, but not how it was breaking my typing skills.
Today, my work computer is a cheap corporate-grade laptop with no numeric keypad, missing modifier keys, and no TrackStick. Constantly switching between the keyboard to the annoying trackpad is like using a rowing machine all day long.
Here is my rant. Why do Web developers think is is OK to release Web apps/sites without keyboard shortcuts for common actions? If the Tab key does not get you there, it requires another annoying pointer move. To clarify, I am talking about the million-dollar grade ‘enterprise’ Web applications.