[tetraodonpuffer]

having the keyboard the way it is also allows you to more easily orient yourself, you can feel with the sides of your fingers if you are next to E/F or B/C and with the corner of your eye it's also straightforward to figure it out. I don't think it'd be possible (or anyways even more difficult than it is now) to play large jumps accurately if the whole keyboard looked the same

[paulgerhardt]

I think both of those concerns were addressed by the Dvorak of piano keyboards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jank%C3%B3_keyboard

Has the symmetry of GP while large jumps are accomplished by shifting up a row or two.

I assume it didn’t take off for the same reason Dvorak didn’t.

[bluGill]

There are multiple alterative layout that some advocate for. they generally do sonething else for orintation. putting a bump on middle c and other places.

[ajuc]

Make a dimple on every C key and paint it red.

[toast0]

That's all fine and dandy, except early apple keyboards have the dimples one key over :p