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> Probably it is because I am a piano player since 2016 and the fingers which are weak on average people are not that weak for me This reminds of my situation.

> Probably it is because I am a piano player since 2016 and the fingers which are weak on average people are not that weak for me This reminds of my situation. I'm not a piano player, and I used to type with basically two fingers (plus thumb for space and pinky for ctrl/alt/shift). Since I've started trying to use more fingers, I've noticed that using a traditional, non split keyboard, is more painful, because it requires me to twist my wrists sideways. With my old way of typing, I would move the whole hand instead, so the wrist angle would stay roughly the same.

eimrine 5y ago
> I've noticed that using a traditional, non split keyboard, is more painful, because it requires me to twist my wrists sideways I have never used a split (which almost always is an ortholinear and not requires any twist) but my experience tells me than I am twisting not a wrist but only one finger, while 9 others just resting on a home row. I do not understand how it is possible to touchtype while you are twisting your wrists because if your index fingers lose the home row - you have to look at kbd to find it again. BTW I have noticed that touchtyping on laptop may be harder than on dedicated kbd because comfortable position of display may require an uncomfortable position of wrists and touchpad (if enabled) does even bigger mess.
- vladvasiliu 5y ago
  The split I use is the MS Sculpt, which is regular, not ortholinear. The only way I've ever used a laptop with a position of the display kinda comfortable while also being able to type was with a bed tablet [0]. I've always actively avoided laptops with numpads, so the keyboard was always well-centered, at least as much as a desktop one, so no issue with staying on finding the home row. [0] Something like this: https://www.amazon.fr/Cooper-ordinateur-portable-r%C3%A9glable-travailler/dp/B0846QG6MR https://www.amazon.fr/Cooper-ordinateur-portable-r%C3%A9glab...

eimrine 5y ago

> I've noticed that using a traditional, non split keyboard, is more painful, because it requires me to twist my wrists sideways I have never used a split (which almost always is an ortholinear and not requires any twist) but my experience tells me than I am twisting not a wrist but only one finger, while 9 others just resting on a home row. I do not understand how it is possible to touchtype while you are twisting your wrists because if your index fingers lose the home row - you have to look at kbd to find it again. BTW I have noticed that touchtyping on laptop may be harder than on dedicated kbd because comfortable position of display may require an uncomfortable position of wrists and touchpad (if enabled) does even bigger mess.

vladvasiliu 5y ago
The split I use is the MS Sculpt, which is regular, not ortholinear. The only way I've ever used a laptop with a position of the display kinda comfortable while also being able to type was with a bed tablet [0]. I've always actively avoided laptops with numpads, so the keyboard was always well-centered, at least as much as a desktop one, so no issue with staying on finding the home row. [0] Something like this: https://www.amazon.fr/Cooper-ordinateur-portable-r%C3%A9glable-travailler/dp/B0846QG6MR https://www.amazon.fr/Cooper-ordinateur-portable-r%C3%A9glab...