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It's not about being faster, but to not suffer from RSI. QWERTY forces your hands to stay in abnormal position which can cause wrist pain. Ergonomic layouts (an
by noaccoun 6y ago
It's not about being faster, but to not suffer from RSI. QWERTY forces your hands to stay in abnormal position which can cause wrist pain. Ergonomic layouts (and column-staggered or ortholinear keyboards) are designed with that in mind.
- hrktb 6y agoCouldn't the hand positioning be mostly solved by remapping the few keys that pain you the most ? For me it was the control key and escape keys, and the others keys are otherwise standard. Also I'd argue people suffering from RSI shouldn't be striving for speed or efficiency that much. Some people switch their mouse hand or reverse buttons basically to detune, or split the load to other parts of their body, speed/efficiency be damned.
- thenoblesunfish 6y agoI should have said in my post that I have nothing to say about what you should do if you have serious pain from typing - from the other posts here it sounds like lots of things might help, including an ergonomic layout. I had minor pain and I did find it went away with the switch, but in retrospect, that was probably because I also focused on efficient touch-typing as I learned Workman, so I improved my posture, I think. I feel as comfortable typing now with QWERTY as I did with Workman.