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Re:Dyalog APL v15.0 Free for Non-Commercial Use by userbinator on Friday July 01, 2016 @09:23PM (#12020949)
it's so that you don't start typing with your fingers shifted to the side and have to back up.

That's what the "finger alignment ridges" on the F and J keys are for. They were there long before keyboards were backlighted. (Or are "modern" keyboards lacking those ridges now? I don't know, the newest keyboard I have is 12 years old.)

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Re:Dyalog APL v15.0 Free for Non-Commercial Use by hyperpape on Friday July 01, 2016 @10:58PM (#12021180)
They're on my Microsoft Sculpt and the 8 year old Thinkpad in front of me, so I don't think they've disappeared. I guess I don't notice them when I start typing? I'll have to try and pay some attention to them.
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