My Atari 1040ST(FM) on YouTube

f>fingers self-center. On flat square keys they don't. An interesting discussion but I wonder if technology has improved the chicklet keyboard? For example, in the days of yore (say 1980s) is was easy. Anything that wasn't full stroke sucked...chicklet keyboards being bad and membrane keyboards being even worse!! However, it was ALSO appreciated that not all full stroke keyboard were good either. Some of them had a very mushy feel, e.g. the Atari 1040ST (and in fact most of the Atari models under Jack Tramiel's Atari Corporation) and several other home computers (I'm looking at you Commodore 64). BUT...consider today. I'm typing this on my Toshiba Portege which has, what would be called in the 80s, a chicket keyboard. It has square pads. They are ever-so-slightly slightly sculptured however. They don't travel far but they do have a definite tactile response when you press them. They are reasonably spaced. In fact, I have no problem typing on and prefer this "chicklet" keyboard to many of the full stoke USB keyboards I have used, which have been somewhat mushy. SO...maybe the technology of the chicklet has improved...OR....have we (or I) just got used to it? As an aside, I don't feel too negative about 80's computers which have chicket keyboards. You get what you pay for and those computers tended to be cheap, and mainly used for games. It's more disappointing to see (or rather experience) a full stroke keyboard that is below par...although considering the price of those in question (home computers) the same "you get what you pay for" argument still applies. Terry (Tez)