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For me the issue solved itself when I started using my first columnar staggered ergo keyboard, meaning instead of having the key rows slightly misaligned for hi
by alpaca128 6y ago
For me the issue solved itself when I started using my first
columnar staggered ergo keyboard, meaning instead of having the
key rows slightly misaligned for historical reasons it has a
different height for each column of keys to accomodate the
different finger lengths.
Doesn't sound like such a drastic change, but within minutes it
will teach the user in what ways they've been typing incorrectly
all along - and in what ways the standard keyboard layouts
actually promote incorrect typing. It takes some time to get up
to speed again, but nowadays I type using all fingers evenly
~95% of the time, simply because in contrast to the
off-the-shelf design it makes correct typing far more
comfortable while requiring quite some finger gymnastics to pull
it off any other way.
Of course due to the different design it's not quite as
flexible, for example it's not great for gaming and mainly
shines when the mouse is used sparingly. But as I mainly work
with text it's been a great experience for me.
- dstick 6y agoSounds good! And how’s the practical downside of working on a laptop / elsewhere? Do you carry that keyboard with you most times?