Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:22:16 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RSI-basher? Message-ID: <20040810192216.0f892b94@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <20040810152244.GM12472@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <20040810152244.GM12472@iconoplex.co.uk>
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:22:44 +0100 Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> wrote: > 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&ssPageName=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. I just use a cheap keyboard. My biggest suggestion is not to put the keyboard on your desk. Get a nice comfy chair and type with the keyboard in your lap.
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