>Craig,
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>>> Obviously you haven't used many mainframe systems. A vast majority use tab to move from field to field and reserve Enter to mean
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>Correct. I guess you learn something new every day. I suppose I will perform a tactical retreat to the claim that my own DOS experience leaves me prejudiced against the use of the TAB key. I think the ENTER key is a closer and more intuitive analog to its use on the typewriter. It is on the home row and does not require any "reaching" with the pinkie.
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>Not that anyone is listening to us, most likely <s>.

If you look at most IBM terminal keyboards, the only enter key is pushed to the right hand side, next to the numeric keypad, so tab was closer. I think the original PC keyboard had the enter key next to the alpha keys because of the typewriter, but if you remember, it was quite small compared to the enter keys of today.