I like my iBook well enough, but dammit, whenever I’m typing I often accidentally hit the up arrow whenever I go to press the Shift key. If done in the wrong order, this causes the whole previous line I just typed to be highlighted and then overwritten by the next character I type before I notice what’s happening. Grrr…
Maybe I need to take proper touch-typing lessons. You’d think after all this time I’d be good at it, but my fingers are still mostly all over the place…
Home row, baby! :-)
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve done — or am doing — that, a job wouldn’t be necessary for me. :-)
I still mean it when I say this PowerBook is the most comfortable keyboard I’ve ever used, but I still suffer quite often from exactly what you describe.
Guess this layout really does require some getting used to.