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I personally use a regular keyboard rather than a split ergonomic keyboard; I've never really had any discomfort even typing for long periods, so have never rea

I personally use a regular keyboard rather than a split ergonomic keyboard; I've never really had any discomfort even typing for long periods, so have never really felt the need, and I have a tenkeyless keyboard that I'm very happy with. The main thing that I notice when I try out split keyboards is that the middle keys on the keyboard are forced to "choose a side". My typing style admits some degree of alternation; I may use my left hand to hit the 'h', especially when my right hand is doing punctuation work on the side of the keyboard. So my question is why aren't these keys simply replicated. Just have t/y,g/h,v/b/n on both sides of the divide so that you don't have to make a choice; just like the spacebar is replicated.

mondalaci 8y ago
Split keyboards are primarily designed for touch typist who consistently hit keys with their fingers. Replicating middle keys would result in extra bulk.
redwards510 8y ago
> I've never really had any discomfort even typing for long periods, so have never really felt the need See, the thing about Repetitive Stress Injury, at least in my experience, is it just starts hurting one day out of the blue, and at that point you are screwed because you can't just "take a break" from using a keyboard/mouse. Every day you just worsen it and freak out wondering if your career is going to be over because it hurts so much to do your job. In my case throwing away corny rainbow-led gaming keyboards/mice and getting a split keyboard & vertical mouse saved my life. But I wish I had never got to that point!