From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 6 22:46:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA6937B404 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:46:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #2) id 16irfL-000OHe-00; Thu, 07 Mar 2002 06:46:15 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id BCC7C13040; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 07:46:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1005) id 48DD622597; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 07:46:10 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 07:46:10 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: Ceri Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Typing Injuries Message-ID: <20020307064610.GF2142@raggedclown.net> References: <20020306222416.GA484@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020306222416.GA484@submonkey.net> 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 On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:24:16PM +0000, Ceri wrote: > > 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 One thing is Ceri, I don't know if you are self-employed or have an employer. In the latter case the employer is obliged by EU law I believe to run checks on your working environment and to provide suitable furniture, lighting and whatever else I think in order to avoid any injury related to computer usage. I think you may want to look into that. I know when I worked for a company in the UK last we all had to be assessed for environmental comfort. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message