From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 10 21:56:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B799516A4CE for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:56:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from regina.plastikos.com (216-107-106-250.wan.networktel.net [216.107.106.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C29843D46 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:56:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-19-150-242.jan.bellsouth.net [68.19.150.242]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by regina.plastikos.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42BE56EF05; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:56:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 556EE20F3D; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:56:17 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:56:17 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Charles Oppermann Message-ID: <20040810215617.GF86032@over-yonder.net> References: <20040810152244.GM12472@iconoplex.co.uk> <20040810180857.EEFB28302A@smtp2.pacifier.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040810180857.EEFB28302A@smtp2.pacifier.net> X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i-fullermd.2 cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RSI-basher? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:56:20 -0000 On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 11:09:03AM -0700 I heard the voice of Charles Oppermann, and lo! it spake thus: > > 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. FWIW, I *HATE* those split keyboards. They've always made my wrists hurt trying to use them, because I DO have to bend my wrists, whereas with a flat keyboard I don't. I use a nice simple flat keyboard, which works great. It's one of those wonderful IBMs that gives you real feel and resistance, which (counterintuitive as it may seem) is actually less effort to type on, since the rebound of the keys helps your finger return. The higher tension of the keys also lets me rest some of the weight of my hands on the keys without them actually depressing. It's also back on the table so my elbows are both resting on the table, which helps more; elbow to knuckle is virtually a straight line. My elbows are well outside my body-line, at such an angle that my fingers naturally sit on the home keys (think finger length and realize that if your arms go straight into a flat keyboard, you're going to have to scrunch 4 fingers really weird to get them to sit right, whereas the outside curve will sit them naturally. Really, I'd say the resting the elbows on the table is the biggest contributor to the comfort of the arrangement. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"