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Cool site. I didn't notice this much selection last year. I just ended buying a Kinesis Advantage 2. I'm very happy with the advantage 2. I'm curious about boa
by srcreigh 6y ago
Cool site. I didn't notice this much selection last year. I just ended buying a Kinesis Advantage 2.
I'm very happy with the advantage 2. I'm curious about boards with smaller keys, more compact layout, or extra keys in the same space.
The advantage 2 gives you easy access to the arrow keys with no loss of access to other keys. Eliminates the whole efficient arrow usage problem, or gives you more keys for commands if you use hjkl.
The advantage 2 is not a be all end all fix for hand / wrist pain. Consider starting a hand/wrist exercise regime if you have pain first. It could help enough to not need to buy a board.
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- eru 6y agoI'm currently migrating from the Kinesis Advantage to the Advantage 2. The old Advantage has served me well, but it's USB implementation seems to interact really badly with some modern laptops.
- leg100 6y agoI really persevered with a kinesis but the thumb keys were awkward regardless of the posture of my hands and wrists. I really liked the arrow key placement though. They are badly placed on mainstream keyboards for touch typists.
- gauchojs 6y agoDo you think a keyboard like that is mainly helpful for people with pain, or it would make typing more comfortable/efficient for the general user ?
- kadoban 6y agoI got one for just comfort and I'm happy with it. Did take a while to get used to the thumb button group placements, but not too bad.
- srcreigh 6y agoI think the general user will be more efficient with the Advantage 2. You basically get ~4-6 more reachable keys per hand depending on hand size. With this extra space there's no problem putting all 4 arrow keys, \|, Delete, `~, and Esc all within home row reach.