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I use a Kinesis Advantage. I have two of them actually, one for home use, and the other as at the office. I honestly would not have a job without them. I destro
by allsystemsgo 11y ago
I use a Kinesis Advantage. I have two of them actually, one for home use, and the other as at the office. I honestly would not have a job without them. I destroyed my wrists on that crappy Apple keyboard. It's awful for your wrists and gave me crippling RSI. If I use a laptop for more than an hour or two, I'm going to be feeling it later.
I've never tried the datahand. I'd love to but, my understanding is that they're super hard to find and very expensive. Also, there's a stigma that goes with weird looking keyboards. I always get comments about mine. People definitely prefer aesthetics over preventing an RSI.
Developers, protect your hands and wrists and get a GOOD keyboard.
- mhurron 11y agoYou know, it would be easier to get an ergonomic keyboard if they were priced better. Which now made me go look around. Has anyone used this before - Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic keyboard http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Ergonomic-Keyboard-Business-5KV-00001/dp/B00CYX26BC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441556136&sr=8-1&keywords=Sculpt+Ergonomic+keyboard http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Ergonomic-Keyboard-Business-...
- teach 11y agohttp://thewirecutter.com/reviews/comfortable-ergo-keyboard/ http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/comfortable-ergo-keyboard/ Disclosure: That's not my blog, and I don't own the keyboard. I do use a Microsoft Natural keyboard, which I like.
- mhurron 11y agoThanks. I did see this and it's why I sort of narrowed down to that one. Amazon Q&A has it working on Linux so I might try it for myself. I was just wondering if anyone else had used it over an extended period of time.
- allsystemsgo 11y agoI'm still of the opinion that you should drop a good amount on your keyboard. It's your hands/wrists. You only get two of them. Once they go, you can kiss your software development career goodbye. The initial sticker price will suck but, if anything you can maybe write it off, assuming it's for work. I'm kind of a stickler about this because my wrists were in pain for a solid 2 years. Sucked so much.
- melling 11y agoThe Sculpt doesn't have mechanical switches. https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/the-model-01-an-heirloom-grade-keyboard-for-serious-typists https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/the-model-01-an-heir...
- jannes 11y agoI'm using this one at work which is quite similar. http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Natural-Ergonomic-Keyboard-Business/dp/B004SUIM4E/ http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Natural-Ergonomic-Keyboard-B... It feels much less straining to type on compared to a regular laptop keyboard. I got it after I started having RSI and it has worked wonders combined with other treatments
- steverb 11y agoI've been using one for a few months now. The layout has good comfortable placement, but the key feel is horribly mushy for my tastes. Very very rubbery, and I've occasionally had a key get stuck which is really confusing the first time it happens. It's a stop gap while I wait for the King's Assembly to hopefully start shipping. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/70308014/kings-assembly-a-computer-mouse-full-of-awesome/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/70308014/kings-assembly...