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> another case of disability features benefitting everyone What do you see as the benefit for a two-handed person using a computer in a normal desk job? Honest

> another case of disability features benefitting everyone What do you see as the benefit for a two-handed person using a computer in a normal desk job? Honest question, it's just not clear to me.

SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
I mean… I think it’s pretty obvious that being one handed is a disability in that it makes a wide variety of things harder. I could think of a bunch of things that would be much harder or more inefficient one handed… using my mouse and my keyboard at the same time for example. Or that typing itself gets more tiring with one hand to me. I mean I even still use two thumbs to text! Have you tried going one handed for a while, maybe due to an injury or something?
- ARandomerDude 4y ago
  Parent was asking why a person with 2 hands would want to use a 1-handed keyboard.
  - SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
    If I can do all my things with one handed keyboard while sipping coffee, doodling, writing, eating…
sdenton4 4y ago
Mouse and keyboard without mode switching. Or left handed keyboard plus a Wacom tablet, joystick, or other peripheral.
jitl 4y ago
As another poster said, mouse and keyboard without moving hands around. Before I settled on the Kenisis, I tried a bunch of unusual input schemes to reduce the “switch time” from typing to pointing activities. Some of the stuff I tried: - Trackpad between split keyboard. Difficult to use because of edge rejection; had to move hands too much to reach the live zone. - Bluetooth ring mouse - tiny trackpad mounted on a finger or thumb wring. Surprisingly usable, but lacks fine controls for text selection/drawing, or takes too much effort to move around the screen. Not enough surface area for acceleration to kick in. - Finger mouse - like strapping a desktop optical mouse sensor to the index finger. Too weird, still needs the hand to move to a mousepad away from the keyboard. - Lenovo Thinkpad keyboard with trackpoint - decent, but keyboard not ergonomic enough. Missed mechanical keys - tenkeyless mechanical keyboard with trackpoint - good, but not fantastic. Still not ergonomic enough. One or two keys needed re-soldering, and then another few started to fail later. Annoying. Eventually I decided to commit to Kenisis advantage for typing input, and a normal mouse for pointing. But I still think about this sort of thing. I never got around to trying a foot mouse or pedals though.

> another case of disability features benefitting everyone What do you see as the benefit for a two-handed person using a computer in a normal desk job? Honest question, it's just not clear to me.

SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago

I mean… I think it’s pretty obvious that being one handed is a disability in that it makes a wide variety of things harder. I could think of a bunch of things that would be much harder or more inefficient one handed… using my mouse and my keyboard at the same time for example. Or that typing itself gets more tiring with one hand to me. I mean I even still use two thumbs to text! Have you tried going one handed for a while, maybe due to an injury or something?

ARandomerDude 4y ago
Parent was asking why a person with 2 hands would want to use a 1-handed keyboard.
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
  If I can do all my things with one handed keyboard while sipping coffee, doodling, writing, eating…

sdenton4 4y ago

Mouse and keyboard without mode switching. Or left handed keyboard plus a Wacom tablet, joystick, or other peripheral.

jitl 4y ago

As another poster said, mouse and keyboard without moving hands around. Before I settled on the Kenisis, I tried a bunch of unusual input schemes to reduce the “switch time” from typing to pointing activities. Some of the stuff I tried: - Trackpad between split keyboard. Difficult to use because of edge rejection; had to move hands too much to reach the live zone. - Bluetooth ring mouse - tiny trackpad mounted on a finger or thumb wring. Surprisingly usable, but lacks fine controls for text selection/drawing, or takes too much effort to move around the screen. Not enough surface area for acceleration to kick in. - Finger mouse - like strapping a desktop optical mouse sensor to the index finger. Too weird, still needs the hand to move to a mousepad away from the keyboard. - Lenovo Thinkpad keyboard with trackpoint - decent, but keyboard not ergonomic enough. Missed mechanical keys - tenkeyless mechanical keyboard with trackpoint - good, but not fantastic. Still not ergonomic enough. One or two keys needed re-soldering, and then another few started to fail later. Annoying. Eventually I decided to commit to Kenisis advantage for typing input, and a normal mouse for pointing. But I still think about this sort of thing. I never got around to trying a foot mouse or pedals though.