Re: [OT] ergonomic setups
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:26:49PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> on Sat, 07 Jun 2003 02:23:19AM -0700, Paul Johnson insinuated:
> > I mostly hate the MS "natural" keyboards with a purple passion.
> > Yeah, they have a nice angle that keeps your wrists fairly nice and
> > straight horizontally, but the steep angle of the damn things tend
> > to encourage you to bend your wrists backwards, which is A Bad
> > Thing. There's a reason wrists don't have much travel in that
> > direction, nature did *not* design human paws to bend backwards,
> > much less for extended periods.
>
> it all depends on how you lay it out -- i tend to have the keyboard at
> the edge of my desk or on my lap, so my elbows are lower than the
> keyboard. if the keyboard is then tipped towards me, i get a nice
> flat forearm-wrist-hand thing going on. i guess this thread is
> demonstrating well that it's really all a matter of personal
> preference, and that what works for some may be what's causing pain in
> others.
>
> </nori>
>
> --
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> (please *remove* old key 11e031f1!)
>
>
>
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...and for me, dvorak makes all
the difference in the world.
(i think i recall your having
that covered, as well.)
kthxbye.
b.
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