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Date:      Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:09:03 -0700
From:      "Charles Oppermann" <charles@coppersoftware.com>
To:        <chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: RSI-basher?
Message-ID:  <20040810180857.EEFB28302A@smtp2.pacifier.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040810152244.GM12472@iconoplex.co.uk>

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When I started getting wrist RSI from typing, I switched to a Microsoft
Natural keyboard - the angle of the two halves doesn't bend your wrist.
More recently, I've been using a Kensington trackball - but I only get the
ego benefit when the optional wrist support is attached.

RSI is very serious and in many cases can directly affect your livelihood,
so if you can, see a doctor right away for a diagnoses.

---Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org]
On Behalf Of Paul Robinson
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:23 AM
To: chat@freebsd.org
Subject: RSI-basher?

Hi all,

My hands/wrists are starting to give out. I'm spending 10+ hours a day at a
screen having done so now for maybe 15 years, and no matter how many breaks
I take, the ergonomic setup of my desk, whatever, I'm starting to feel the
onset of RSI creeping in.

So, I want to see what keyboards you guys are using. Is the painful switch 
to Dvorak worth it? Have you found a particularly decent keyboard that is 
incredibly comfortable?

I'm currently seriously considering:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5113536463&ssPageN
ame=STRK:MEWA:IT

but $300 is a lot to blow on a keyboard. Even if it does have an emacs mode.

Anybody used these and reccomend them, or condemn them?

Any thoughts/comments gratefully received before I get the credit card out.

-- 
Paul Robinson
http://www.iconoplex.co.uk/
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