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That was a very long road that took the reader to right where they started. Laptops don't fit ergonomic keyboards, but nothing else about them is ergonomic eit
by QuarterReptile 5y ago
That was a very long road that took the reader to right where they started.
Laptops don't fit ergonomic keyboards, but nothing else about them is ergonomic either. Otherwise, for anyone who cares, ergonomic keyboards are readily available (yes, low volume of sales plus high design expense will yield expensive products) and I've never been on an enterprise network so locked down that you couldn't swap keyboard layouts.
One tip: if you put an alternate key mapping on the shared top secret submarine laptop and leave it readily accessible, don't be surprised when someone wakes you up in the middle of the night because your time-saving macro "broke".
- LinuxBender 5y agoI've witness that. A coworker brought his ergo keyboard to a Redhat class/lab/exam. The instructor said if that thing was still on the computer when he had to configure them for the lab exams that he would fail. I imagine by now they have fully automated the lab setup so the keyboard doesn't matter but it did at one point.
- 908B64B197 5y agoHow is that not an ADA violation?
- GuB-42 5y agoOnly if you can prove you have a disability. Having an ergo keyboard doesn't mean you have a disability. For many people, it is just personal preference. Also the instructor didn't prevent him from using his ergo keyboard, he just asked him to put back the regular keyboard after he is done with it.
- LinuxBender 5y agoThis was exactly the case. The ergo keyboard was his personal preference. He did have wrist issues, but the keyboard was not prescribed. He put back the keyboard that came with the lab computer and he passed the exam.