From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 11 08:39:41 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 BFD3A16A4CF for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:39:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 580E643D68 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:39:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7B8dbBu007410; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:39:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)i7B8dWVv007407; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:39:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) X-Authentication-Warning: gaff.hhhr.ision.net: ohoyer owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:39:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer Sender: ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net To: "Daniel O'Connor" In-Reply-To: <200408110946.56114.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Message-ID: <20040811103734.E7394@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <20040810152244.GM12472@iconoplex.co.uk> <200408110946.56114.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Paul Robinson cc: freebsd-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: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:39:41 -0000 On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > It's possibly counterintuitive but I find laptop keyboards much less painful > than 'normal' keyboards.. > > They have little key travel and are light to push which seems to be the pain > problem for me. I don't make my arms straight when typing - I just bend my > fingers to different lengths. The pad of my hand rests on the laptop and my > arm rests on the table. > I have also taken a look at auravision keyboards, they are illuminated nicely with a soft background tone to reduce eyestrain in badly illuminated rooms, and also have a firm, short keyhub, just like high-quality notebook keyboards. Just my 0.02 EUR Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)