[threelittlepigs]

There are two other advantages to using hjkl, that hardly anyone ever mentions:

1. Ctrl-H is Backspace, one of the most used keys, and much more conveniently placed than, er, Backspace. It's right next to the index finger. It's intuitive (in vim) because H is "go left". Ctrl-H works everywhere, in the shell, in OS/X all over the place, it even works in the Windows shell. It's some sort of fundamental mapping to Backspace such that can't actually be re-mapped.

2. Ctrl-M is Enter, another one of the most used keys, and also more conveniently placed than Enter. As with Ctrl-H, it fits under index finger, it's an ancient mapping, underrated, works in lots of places, even in Windows shell.

If you use the crappy arrow keys, your fingers are totally in the wrong place!