2 ms·

Thanks. I'm going to give these a swing. I'm definitely guilty of going into a k-hole when I work and generally only stopping once I'm hungry. I've stopped res

Thanks. I'm going to give these a swing. I'm definitely guilty of going into a k-hole when I work and generally only stopping once I'm hungry. I've stopped resting my wrist. I made a little tack strip that I'd lay on my laptop while I was working to train me not to rest them. Have you tried Dvorak? I've considered it multiple times but always worry about if I'll lose the ability to use a standard keyboard. Although - how often do you use someone else's keyboard :/

nostrademons 9y ago
Been using Dvorak since college. I did lose the ability to use a standard keyboard for a bit but gained it back. (The switching process is actually quite fascinating from a cognitive POV...there was a point where I would type half a word in Dvorak and half in Qwerty, resulting in nonsense, and then a later period when the keyboard layout I would type in was conditioned by which app was on the screen.) I'd say the speed boost is about 10-15% and it helps quite a bit for RSI, but it was a good year or two before I was back up to my previous Qwerty speeds and fluent on both keyboards, so it takes a while to recoup your investment. A decade and a half later I can say it was worthwhile, but don't expect miracles.