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I switched from Cherry G80-3000 with Querty where I was very fast, to a Kinesis with Dvorak. I had some RSI problems so I made a very hard cut switching both k
by beeforpork 11y ago
I switched from Cherry G80-3000 with Querty where I was very fast, to a Kinesis with Dvorak. I had some RSI problems so I made a very hard cut switching both keyboard and layout at the same time. The keys of the Kinesis (soft click) are not as good as the Cherry's (hard click), but, well, the world is not ideal.
Anyway, the effect was great! I was so slow for the first few weeks that I cursed at the long identifiers I had introduced in my C programs. :-) But even after some years, I never had any serious RSI since, and I am back to the speed of typing as before.
The funny thing is, I never stopped typing Querty. I use a normal Querty laptop at home and a Dvorak Kinesis at work. Keyboards+layouts are so different that I absolutely cannot type Dvorak on a laptop nor Querty on a Kinesis. They are different enough so I very rarely mistype the wrong layout. I switch without thinking, because they are so different. And maybe the constant switching keeps my hands busy in different ways, contributing to not having any problems with RSI since.
- swah 11y agoConfused because AFAIK "The top row of keys, including the escape key and function keys, are small soft-touch keys with membrane dome switches. The remaining keys are standard size and each has its own Cherry MX brown key switch, providing a tactile feel, but no click. " Maybe you just like blues? I love my browns on the Filco and Leopold...