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Yes I'm right handed while writing. I've never tried Dvorak because I found it very scary and with a steep learning curve but maybe I can give it a try.

I was also suspecting that the cause might be because of the thinness of the keyboard.

Anyway you have any link that shows the fact that more keystrokes are on the left side? I would love to see the distribution

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I vaguely recall the keyboard layout was chosen to slow down typists to keep the letters from hitting each other. Looking down, there are common keys on the left side: asetd…. Just guessing what you’re typing, such as commands or shortcuts.

I think it was more to avoid the arms which hit the paper jamming when two adjacent keys were pressed. I played with a typewriter as a kid and did that all the time.

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