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If you're still using a straight keyboard (like the tiny Apple keyboard you see in this picture), you absolutely need to get an ergonomic keyboard now. Carpal t

If you're still using a straight keyboard (like the tiny Apple keyboard you see in this picture), you absolutely need to get an ergonomic keyboard now. Carpal tunnel syndrome will catch up with you eventually, in a minor or major way, but either way, once it hits, typing on a keyboard will hurt for the rest of your life. You don't need to go with an expensive keyboard but at least, spend $30 and get yourself a Microsoft Natural keyboard, which is awesome and dirt cheap. Your wrists will thank you.

godDLL 11y ago
Don't listen to that man. Go and try one of those first. I have been touch-typing for years, and the only thing I really, really like in a keyboard in the end is 1) knowing when I pushed a key or not, 2) flat fucking keys with distances between them and short travel. So you might not like those curvy keyboards at all. I know I don't.
- incepted 11y ago
  None of what you say invalidates what I said. You like typing on regular keyboards, fine. But you're killing your wrists and tendons one day at a time. There are plenty of varieties of ergonomic keyboards, pretty sure you will eventually find one you'll like, especially if you give yourself some time to adjust.
  - godDLL 11y ago
    I have had a look at the popular five-or-so, and really, no adjusting is going to get around the fact that I didn't like typing on any of them more than I like a flat, spacey key design with short travel. And "regular keyboards" are a nightmare. They don't push your finger back when they activate. I can sure understand where you're coming from, because I too have had the experience of being frustrated with a keyboard to the point where my wrists hurt all the time and I just avoid typing until I get to use something passable. It's just that what's considered "ergonomic" is tied directly to the usage case. Many people won't find what you found where you looked for it.
gkop 11y ago
The cheap Microsoft Natural has really shitty keys. Even if the ergonomics are perfect, somebody coming from Apple keys is really not going to like the mushy Natural keys. I couldn't pawn my Microsoft Natural off to anybody at the office. (I'm not saying Apple keys are that great - I use Cherry switches myself - but that's how bad the Natural ones are)
inDigiNeous 11y ago
Good advice, but there are other methods also, like taking care of your wrists, massaging them, flexing them and so on. This is just based on my observations, but maybe like 90% of people don't seem to take breaks to stretch the wrists and the whole hand area. This helps too.

godDLL 11y ago

Don't listen to that man. Go and try one of those first. I have been touch-typing for years, and the only thing I really, really like in a keyboard in the end is 1) knowing when I pushed a key or not, 2) flat fucking keys with distances between them and short travel. So you might not like those curvy keyboards at all. I know I don't.

incepted 11y ago
None of what you say invalidates what I said. You like typing on regular keyboards, fine. But you're killing your wrists and tendons one day at a time. There are plenty of varieties of ergonomic keyboards, pretty sure you will eventually find one you'll like, especially if you give yourself some time to adjust.
- godDLL 11y ago
  I have had a look at the popular five-or-so, and really, no adjusting is going to get around the fact that I didn't like typing on any of them more than I like a flat, spacey key design with short travel. And "regular keyboards" are a nightmare. They don't push your finger back when they activate. I can sure understand where you're coming from, because I too have had the experience of being frustrated with a keyboard to the point where my wrists hurt all the time and I just avoid typing until I get to use something passable. It's just that what's considered "ergonomic" is tied directly to the usage case. Many people won't find what you found where you looked for it.

gkop 11y ago

The cheap Microsoft Natural has really shitty keys. Even if the ergonomics are perfect, somebody coming from Apple keys is really not going to like the mushy Natural keys. I couldn't pawn my Microsoft Natural off to anybody at the office. (I'm not saying Apple keys are that great - I use Cherry switches myself - but that's how bad the Natural ones are)

inDigiNeous 11y ago

Good advice, but there are other methods also, like taking care of your wrists, massaging them, flexing them and so on. This is just based on my observations, but maybe like 90% of people don't seem to take breaks to stretch the wrists and the whole hand area. This helps too.