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If you try a split keyboard, either Glove80-like or Kinesis Advantage-like, it's pretty clear they're much, much more comfortable than rectangular keyboards. Yo
by gorbachev 3y ago
If you try a split keyboard, either Glove80-like or Kinesis Advantage-like, it's pretty clear they're much, much more comfortable than rectangular keyboards. Your wrists sit in a natural position instead of bent unnaturally outward. This is particularly clear the smaller the keyboard is, e.g. on laptop keyboards.
In my opinion rectangular keyboards aren't good enough at all. They're uncomfortable and bad for your wrists, and the only reason people are using them are because: they don't know any better, computers (laptops), by default, come with rectangular keyboards, force of habit, the cost involved with buying another keyboard or having durable wrists/being young and not suffering from deteriorating body.
I started using Microsoft Natural Keyboards mid 90s, and moved onto Arisu layout mechanical keyboards a few years back when I first learned they were an option. They are so much more comfortable than rectangular keyboards. It's not even close, even without all the customization options available for switches, keycaps, tenting, etc.