> The Control key is in a far more comfortable position below the Tab key, where caps lock would be on a traditional keyboard
Well, there's tradition and there's tradition... Traditional Unix systems usually had ctrl there, and the old Symbolics/"MIT space cadet" keyboard actually had what I believe is the equivalent of backspace ("rub out") in that location. The modern location of caps lock seems to be a PCism.
Edit: Forgot to mention, notably even the Apple II and III had ctrl there, I don't think Apple switched to the "modern" layout until the Mac:
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> The Control key is in a far more comfortable position below the Tab key, where caps lock would be on a traditional keyboard
Well, there's tradition and there's tradition... Traditional Unix systems usually had ctrl there, and the old Symbolics/"MIT space cadet" keyboard actually had what I believe is the equivalent of backspace ("rub out") in that location. The modern location of caps lock seems to be a PCism.
Edit: Forgot to mention, notably even the Apple II and III had ctrl there, I don't think Apple switched to the "modern" layout until the Mac:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suburbia_org_uk/4820757193/
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Apple_III_Keyboar...