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I use a Kinesis (https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/ https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/), which is a mechanical keyboar
by jtth 12y ago
I use a Kinesis (https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/ https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/), which is a mechanical keyboard with an ergonomic layout. It saved my wrists while writing my master's thesis. I use an MS 4k for a while, but the Kinesis is lightyears ahead in terms of comfort.
It takes about a week to learn to type on it, as the columnar layout is very different, and I had to learn to retype some characters (like x, c, and v). It's easy to switch back and forth between typical keyboards and the kinesis, so nothing's lost in the learning.
- arielweisberg 12y agoI switched to this. Heck of a learning curve, but it feels much better. Getting my fingers onto the home row of a regular keyboard layout is incredibly uncomfortable now. Such a tiny oddly shaped space.
- pbowyer 12y agoIs it OK for coding? Are the braces well-placed, the $ easily reachable etc?
- kps 12y agoI've used these since '98 (and my first one is still in use, through and ADB-to-USB adapter). For someone with pinky pain, they have the likely advantage that there are no long stretches (backspace, return) or tight curls (control/alt/meta). As a vi user, I map Escape to the Kinesis' ‘Delete’ thumb key, symmetrical with Enter, and also swap the up & down arrows to match J & K. Emacs folks will have analogous suggestions.