From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 6 14:24:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE8BF37B402 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:24:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc4-card4-0-cust162.cdf.cable.ntl.com ([80.4.14.162] helo=rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 16ijpv-0000E2-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2002 22:24:40 +0000 Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1) id 16ijpY-0000AI-00 for freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2002 22:24:16 +0000 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:24:16 +0000 From: Ceri To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Typing Injuries Message-ID: <20020306222416.GA484@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've recently started suffering from symptoms of repetitive strain injury (tingling in my hands, pain in my elbow, aching tendons), and although my doctor assures me it's not arthritis, he seemed a bit lost as regards any further suggestions. So today I've been reading www.tifaq.org (Typing Injury FAQ) and while I can do things like improving my posture, I'm looking at different input devices as a major part of nipping this in the bud. I need something to type with, and something to point with, and thought that people on this list might possibly have some suggestions (you'll have to cc me please, as I'm not subscribed). I've got a microsoft intellimouse (the older ones, 1.1 I think) and a natural keyboard at home, and one of those horrible compaq deskpro keyboard + mouse at work. I'm looking to change both of these, but want to have the same keyboard/pointer pair at both, so cost is going to be a factor in my decision, unfortunately. I'm currently thinking about this keyboard : http://www.dvortyboards.com/typematrix2020_info.html It's got a decent layout which should make life easier, and switches between Dvorak and Qwerty layouts at the flick of a switch (Dvorak is apparently a good way of reducing keyboard related stress), which would be very good for me. I'm lost for ideas on mice. Also, if any posters in the UK know of any institution I can contact for further advice then that would be great. Thanks, Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message