Originally posted by: skace
Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk
To those who say "ESDF just doesn't feel right"...hwo can it not feel right? Those are where your fingers are supposed to be when you do regular typing. So how can it not feel right? It should feel really natural.
Put your middle finger on W, index on D, ring on A, pinky on Left Shift, and thumb on SpaceBar. Hold it there for a couple seconds. Now move your pinky to Left CTRL and hold it there. It should feel a little awkward, but nothing major (your hand should be tilted a little). Now do the same test with ESDF. I find that with ESDF my hand is already tilted when my pinky goes to hit Left Shift and is even MORE tilted when I try to hit Left CTRL, to the point where I've got to shift my hand to a different angle or my thumb feels cramped on the spacebar.
Now, you could move all your keys over, such that jump = Z , etc. But then you actually lose more keys than you gain. Because you lose Left Shift and Left CTRL and only gain Z.