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Keys activated by pushing fingers out seems like a trap; there's very little strength in that direction.

by cosmotic 5y ago

kgwxd 5y ago
It's making my wrist hurt just thinking about it.
kempbellt 5y ago
Strength training for your fingers. Might make you good at rock climbing if you're an avid typist.
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- jfengel 5y ago
  Rock climbing finger strength is almost entirely about pulling. Not pulling yourself up, but resisting falling, so that your legs can lift you up. That can involve a lot of squeezing force, especially with the fingertips. It's not impossible to find a move where you push out. Perhaps you might do it when wedging your hand into a crack. But even then it's pretty rare; you usually count on your arm to wedge your closed fist. As the GP said, pushing with your fingertips just isn't very strong. So rock climbers rarely do it.
  - cosmotic 5y ago
    You might be able to find a pushing hold but not pushing with your fingers like that keyboard is doing. Pushing away from your body? maybe. Rotating backward toward the back of your hand? No way.
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melling 5y ago
Looks tight so maybe it actually requires little movement. Also, the key switches might require little force; there are no key caps
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donio 5y ago
The idea with these keyboards is that very small movements and amounts of force is needed. The angle of that up key does look a little awkward though. On the Datahand those keys are more or less parallel with the finger itself so they only require a tiny flick. When I first started typing on the Datahand the most difficult part was getting used to the small movements, I kept hitting the keys by accident. But once you get used to it it's not a problem at all.
- focusaurus 5y ago
  v2105 is nearly done and the top row angle is larger and it's definitely more comfortable. The version in the post kind of ended up that way due to testing from positions other than really at my desk with everything really set up.
sangnoir 5y ago
I thought the same thing! I tried repeatedly straightening-out my fingers without pushing against anything, and it got uncomfortable in less than I half a minute (granted, the movement would be shallower when using this keyboard). I wonder what the risk of RSI is for that range of motion.

Keys activated by pushing fingers out seems like a trap; there's very little strength in that direction.

kgwxd 5y ago

It's making my wrist hurt just thinking about it.

kempbellt 5y ago

Strength training for your fingers. Might make you good at rock climbing if you're an avid typist.

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jfengel 5y ago
Rock climbing finger strength is almost entirely about pulling. Not pulling yourself up, but resisting falling, so that your legs can lift you up. That can involve a lot of squeezing force, especially with the fingertips. It's not impossible to find a move where you push out. Perhaps you might do it when wedging your hand into a crack. But even then it's pretty rare; you usually count on your arm to wedge your closed fist. As the GP said, pushing with your fingertips just isn't very strong. So rock climbers rarely do it.
- cosmotic 5y ago
  You might be able to find a pushing hold but not pushing with your fingers like that keyboard is doing. Pushing away from your body? maybe. Rotating backward toward the back of your hand? No way.
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melling 5y ago

Looks tight so maybe it actually requires little movement. Also, the key switches might require little force; there are no key caps

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donio 5y ago

The idea with these keyboards is that very small movements and amounts of force is needed. The angle of that up key does look a little awkward though. On the Datahand those keys are more or less parallel with the finger itself so they only require a tiny flick. When I first started typing on the Datahand the most difficult part was getting used to the small movements, I kept hitting the keys by accident. But once you get used to it it's not a problem at all.

focusaurus 5y ago
v2105 is nearly done and the top row angle is larger and it's definitely more comfortable. The version in the post kind of ended up that way due to testing from positions other than really at my desk with everything really set up.

sangnoir 5y ago

I thought the same thing! I tried repeatedly straightening-out my fingers without pushing against anything, and it got uncomfortable in less than I half a minute (granted, the movement would be shallower when using this keyboard). I wonder what the risk of RSI is for that range of motion.