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Does anybody else use their left hand to hit the Y key?

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Does anyone use the one on the right side of the keyboard?

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Why is the right one so far away from the ;? I think that is the root of the problem here.

Re: Do we really need two shift keys?
 

I use the one on the right for punctuation.

What would you replace it with?

I vote for either a third ctrl key or just making the key that types ? and / really long.

-McGee

PS--Did keyboards always have two "Shift" keys? Because I remember some keyboards with very large "Enter" keys that was roughly the size of the "Enter" and "Shift" keys on my current keyboard.

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anyone who really types does. what do you do if you need to capitalize a Q W E R T A S D F Z X C G or V?

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I touch type very fast and use just the left one.

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what about if you have to capitalize an A, i still say it is CLEARLY more efficient to use both shift keys.

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It depends on the keys I'm typing immediately before and after.

When I type the word "why" I use my left hand and when I type the word "you" I use my right hand.

Basically it seems that if my right hand is occupied the previous letter than I will use my left hand to type the 'y'.

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pinky finger and ring finger on left hand. They keys are right next to each other, the fingers are right next to each other...it's beautiful.

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I have a laptop, and my left pinky finger rests on the shift key when I'm not typing. I can barely get my right pinky finger to stretch to the other shift key.

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I type 120-130wpm and the only key on my keyboard that I've never touched is the right shift key.

Complete waste. They should make it a porn shortcut button or something.

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I touch type very fast and use just the left one.

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I only use two fingers to type anyway so it's pretty moo for me.