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I had a wrist scare a couple of years ago, which made me take the prospect of Dvorak seriously. It has helped, I think, although I changed too many variables t

• SwellJoe 17y ago
  When I ran into wrist, finger, and forearm issues a few years ago, I did the following (in order of what I think helped the most): Good chair with arms lowered too far for me to lean on them, switched to tiled window manager and stopped using the mouse almost entirely, made myself move around more during the work day taking breaks to walk out for tea or just to get some air, and became more conscious of my hand position throughout the day. The only thing I've kept is the chair (an Aeron) and some of the better working habits, and the problems have not returned after several years.
  • jacquesm 17y ago
    checking out xmonad (is that what you're using ?) right now.
    • SwellJoe 17y ago
      I've tinkered with it, but I'm actually back to Gnome. xmonad did not exist when I was dealing with the issues. I mostly used Ion (I think version 2). I spent some time with wmii, as well, in the beginning but had stability problems. This was several years ago, though. Memory fades. I've been back to Gnome for maybe three years. This is why I think the solution was mostly a good chair and better work habits.
      • jacquesm 17y ago
        ok. Playing around with xmonad right now, it seems pretty cool but I have a hard time convincing it to use both xinerama screens. EDIT: figured it out... thanks for the hint though, really. I try to spend a couple of hours every week on improving my work environment and over the years that has definitely paid off. I was aware tiled window managers existed but never thought of trying one in order to combat the mouse use.