On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 00:47, Dan Serban <dser...@lodgingcompany.com> wrote: > If not using your own hardware, would that not be a detriment > after getting used to the MS Natural keyboard? >
Not at all. The R in RSI is "repetitive", and the key to healing is to reduce repetitive tasks. So regularly switching keyboards helps to heal RSI. I have three different keyboards that I rotate, two of which I can type on standing. One of them is the MS Natural! > I find that all of my computers, and versions of consoles, distributions > and desktop environments have very excellent support for other keyboard > layouts. Heck, even my Android phone sports a colemak layout, and touch > typing on that device certainly doesn't have the same meaning. Usually I > can find a way to use my layout, if not, qwerty like I've said isn't a far > stretch for me. > When I type in Colemak I hold the keyboard differently, with my fingers one key over (that would be D and K in qwerty). Since the hardware feels physically different under my hands, muscle memory lets me switch easier. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakdxfknlznesqu+bowe+a84g9i2lxfmza3duf_iurftjyjz...@mail.gmail.com
