Jasen Betts wrote in a message to Joe Nicholson:

 JN> Both my original post and your reply would indicate CTS should be
 JN> prevalent in the right hand.  The left hand (only) was used for
 JN> CR, and the right hand operates the mouse.

 JN> Has typing speed increased on computers, with keyboards that don't
 JN> require such a hard stroke?

 JB> if the soft keys didn't help speed the IBM "Selectric" typrwriter
 JB> (mechanical typewriter with a power-assist) wouldn't have been
 JB> popular. (it was very popular) it also had a return key etc...

I wouldn't describe the selectric as having a "soft" touch to it.
 There was quite definite tactile feedback when you got it to the right
point...

I don't particulary have any use for a typewriter these days,  but if I did
I'd pick one of those over pretty much anything else I've used.  Nifty
machine,  that one.

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