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Split keyboards can help with wrist positioning but not finger travel, both of which can contribute to wrist problems.
by grog454 3y ago
Split keyboards can help with wrist positioning but not finger travel, both of which can contribute to wrist problems.
- lawn 3y agoThat's why you should also choose a small keyboard, like one with 34 keys or similar.
- rgoulter 3y agoFor typing alphabetical characters, I'd expect a more significant impact from "adopt Dvorak instead of QWERTY" over "adopt a smaller keyboard". For reducing strain to access keys like shift/backspace/escape/tab, I think that's where "use keyboard with multiple thumbkeys" would have a benefit, yeah.
- GoldenRacer 3y agoWhat type of layout do you use for 34 keys? I've got a 42 key split board so I'm not a total noob to minimalist keyboard but struggle to see how 34 keys can be used effectively.
- lawn 3y agoThis is my layout: https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2022/09/06/the_current_t-34_keyboard_layout/ https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2022/09/06/the_current_t-34... In reality it would be easy to go down to a single thumb key, making it 32 keys. In short I have layers for numbers and symbols, I make heavy use of combos (pressing multiple keys at once) where I have modifiers, big keys like escape and enter and also the numbers and symbols (for typing singletons). I also have different functions for long press and I use capsword and numword (caps lock / layer that turns off intelligently).
- Rediscover 3y agoI spend the majority of my time in the shell (usually bash) or emacs. Learning the key-maps, especially for zsh and bash, was one of the best things I ever did. Wow, that cut my keypresses down immensely. So did remapping lynx(1) keybindings.