>The left 2/3 of the space bar is rarely used by most touch typists and hogs very accessible real estate.
I am left handed and I use almost exclusively the left 2/3 of the space bar as it's easier to press it with my left thumb.
Maybe I just taught myself the wrong way but I am competent at typing and this Microsoft's keyboard would be just unusable for me.
I wonder how it goes for other left-handed people.
Ideally both halves of the spacebar would default to space for accessibility, with a software or hardware toggle to change one side. For typist that use the left half of the space bar, the right half is wasted real estate.
The left 2/3 of the space bar is rarely used by most touch typists and hogs very accessible real estate.
This is so true for me that there is a thumb-sized mark on my spacebar where the finish on the plastic is worn because I always press the key at the exact same place.
I am left handed
This is, of course, true for a lot of people. I think the solution is to do what the microsoft keyboard did, but provide a hardware switch to toggle which side is space.
I am exactly the same way (lefty using left side of space). I'd probably use that MS keyboard to remove someone's brain before I used it for serious work.
But it also would be useless for gamers, as the left hand is over WSAD and the right hand having the mouse. Space is mapped to jump in many games (some of which you cannot remap), and you gotta jump sometimes.
I'm right handed and also use the left 1/2-2/3 of the space bar. I once ran across a keyboard with this feature at a public library and was nearly unable to use it.
I am left handed and I use almost exclusively the left 2/3 of the space bar as it's easier to press it with my left thumb. Maybe I just taught myself the wrong way but I am competent at typing and this Microsoft's keyboard would be just unusable for me. I wonder how it goes for other left-handed people.