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The article does address both split keyboards and ortho-linear layouts. I disagree with both, personally. Interestingly the Kinesis article you link supports t
by robotmay 6y ago
The article does address both split keyboards and ortho-linear layouts. I disagree with both, personally.
Interestingly the Kinesis article you link supports the arguments I make in the article, but their solution is obviously a split keyboard because that's what they sell, rather than offering an alternative typing style. My typing style avoids all the risks they identify.
- throwaway_moo 6y ago> My typing style avoids all the risks they identify. From the article: "This is the Way" Also: "The hands should move freely over the keyboard" These are good examples of why we should not listen to advice based on a single example of RSI and contradicts the conclusion "no universal solution for everybody" A lot of people experience contraction and sometimes pains in the shoulders, trapezium, arms due to moving the hands over the keyboard instead of not doing so. It's a well documented problem.
- robotmay 6y agoAh perhaps it’s not clear enough that those 3 items are my own ideals and I wouldn’t claim them to be correct for everybody. The article exists precisely because I was seeing comments arguing entirely to the contrary, such as “movement is bad”, which I know to be wrong for me. There is a lot of cognitive bias towards the one way of solving RSI (buy an ergonomic keyboard) which then frustrates those for whom it doesn’t work. I’m hoping to offer a different experience which worked for me.