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This is an important question for me to be able to answer, because if I can’t convince you it’s worth splitting your time between alt input (like voice and eye
by lunixbochs 8y ago
This is an important question for me to be able to answer, because if I can’t convince you it’s worth splitting your time between alt input (like voice and eye tracking) and keyboard/mouse, I can’t reduce your chance of developing RSI.
There’s the fear approach (I personally believe >50% of people who use computers full-time will develop at least minor hand injuries), but I don’t think fear is enough on its own.
The most promising thing I think is workflow improvements. For voice, the ability to issue commands like “next song” while typing feels amazing. You can also be more specific about many commands, like “focus chrome” is nicer than mashing cmd-tab a bunch or binding a key to each app. For eye tracking, I think autoscrolling text as you read and jumping your mouse to the right spot when you look at your second monitor are two big ones.
- dwiel 8y agoSimilarly to "next song", I enjoy using it for things I dont use often enough to justify memorizing a shortcut or short phrase. "Connect to vpn", "move window desk 5", "rename variable", "activate virtual environment", etc. Similar to creating aliases in the terminal, but for more than just the terminal and with easy to remember spoken phrases instead of terse abbreviations: `lsa -> ls -al`. That said, once you are proficient, writing code can definitely be as fast or faster than skilled keyboard.