Those who use “asdf” as a “keysmash” are probably touch typists, McCulloch says. Writers who grew up on typewriters instead of keyboards or who are not touch typists might use “keysmashes” like ...

The QWER, ASDF, Escape, and Enter keys come in the opposite ... The dampeners and foam layer make up the rest of the keyboard, however, the keystrokes aren’t exactly soft or quiet.

Many do not touch type, or type without looking at the keyboard by placing the fingers on the home keys (asdf jkl;). As one of my undergraduates at Oberlin College put it: “People from my ...

“ASDF" and "JKL:” aren’t just the keys our fingers rest upon, they’re our friends. Fine, that may be a bit much, but we have all undoubtedly come a long way from typing our very first letters.