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25 years ago one of early engineering courses included a case study about Ingersol Rand (IIRC). They went out to work floors and saw how all the workers had mod
by jonhohle 7mo ago
25 years ago one of early engineering courses included a case study about Ingersol Rand (IIRC). They went out to work floors and saw how all the workers had modified their air wrenches in the same way, adding padding with tape in various areas. They realized they could probably make a better wrench if it had some of those ergonomics built in.
Maybe the next phase of Apple could return to flowing shapes and save our wrists.
- noisy_boy 7mo agoInterchangeable wrist area as an accessory for only 79.99$
- bigiain 7mo agoPer side. Note: Left hand wrist areas are currently out of stock.
- noisy_boy 7mo agoThe right hand wrist area is the best we have ever made though.
- xp84 7mo agoInterchangeable? No, $250 upgrade, fused with the case at the factory and somehow electronically serialized
- temp0826 7mo agoOne time cost? This should be a subscription that raises spikes when you don't pay
- codys 7mo agoThe Apple way for hardware is more to design the thing so it breaks under normal use very quickly, and then refuse to replace it under warranty.
- SJC_Hacker 7mo agoMy experience with Apple hardware has been it generally holds up. I've only on my third iPad since I bought the original in 2011. My iPhones have all lasted at least four years. The screen on my Macbook Air has been the exception. I wonder why they can't just use the same display on those that they do iPad. Seems better quality, as well
- Ar-Curunir 7mo agoI know we're trolling here, but my Apple hardware has lasted way longer than my non-Apple hardware, from watch to phone to laptop.
- jacobolus 7mo ago> save our wrists If your wrist is in contact with the edge of the laptop while you are actively typing, then your typing style has a good chance of giving you RSI. You'd be better off trying to fix that than trying to make the fast path to RSI more convenient.
- kpil 7mo agoHow the f are you supposed to type? Ideally I'd like full support for my arms from the elbow to the wrist. In my first job - i think it was in 1997, I had my own small room with an L-shaped desk with a rounded corner. That gave a few inches of space for resting my arms - both when typing on a quite reasonable Pentium laptop, and especially when using the mouse. Since then, the desks and the chairs has become shittier and shittier. Except perhaps when a was a consultant for an HR-department. The U-shaped desk was probably the best ergonomically designed workplace I've had. Maybe a wheat-filled pad along the desk would have made it better.
- brianpan 7mo agoLike a person playing the piano. If your arms are resting, then your fingers and wrists are doing the maximum amount of reaching as you type. If you use a wrist rest you are encouraging your fingers/wrist to reach up (bend in your wrist) instead of neutral or reaching down (more natural position).
- kbutler 7mo agoStraight wrists is good, but hovering like a pianist is not good for extended computer use.
- traceroute66 6mo ago> but hovering like a pianist is not good for extended computer use. Why ? If you were taught piano by any teacher worth their fee, then your position is natural, effortless and your wrists are limp without tension. Exactly the same position as an ideal computer keyboard position. Piano position is the best keyboard position. Your fingers are doing the work.