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Even outside of the “hacker” community, keyboard has always been associated with higher expertise. Average “MS Word” user - Navigate through various menus to find what they want to do. Power Users - Memorized all the “shortcuts”.

I think that’s mostly what it is. A keyboard (and a bunch of memorizing), gives mastery over the applications UI.



I still miss Wordperfect for that reason: messing around with Word wysiwyg, even with people who have decades of experience, is just painful to watch or do.


WordStar!!! :-) I wrote two novels in that thing.


Check WordTsar


Maybe it just strokes the egos of those desperate for some validation


Some shortcuts are helpful, until one needs to do anything that affects visual position or drawing.

Very few people master shortcuts that require three key chords or more.




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