I don't know about anyone else but for me, writing code doesn't require that much typing. It's mainly autocomplete, copy/paste, code navigation. It's certainly not as much as writing documentation. The few times I've used an ergonomic keyboard I found it didn't fit my needs.
I actually get more discomfort from the mouse than I do from the keyboard. David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 15 August 2013 12:19, Davy Jones <djones...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ergonomic keyboards are a must as you get older. I have been using one > since 2000. When i type on a normal keyboard for more than a few hours I > suffer from tremendous wrist pain and can't type for hours afterwards. > > Davy > > Sent from my starfleet datapad. > > On 14 août 2013, at 19:05, David Richards <ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> > wrote: > > A bit off topic and a bit on topic. I've been in the market for a good > developer keyboard for a while but never seem to find anything I like. I > was just wondering if others on this list had found a decent keyboard. > > A few qualifying points: > > I don't want a number pad or at least I don't want one on the right of the > keyboard. Not that I have anything against them, I just want my mouse to > be closer. I've tested this using a cheap (and crappy) laptop like > keyboard and there is a noticeable difference in comfort. I can just as > easily by a separate number pad keyboard to position elsewhere. > > I would prefer the cursor keys and the other navigation keys to be in a > reasonable location. My "crappy" keyboard as some of these along the > bottom. It also sacrificed the right Control key in favour of a Scroll > Lock key. Who uses scroll lock any more? > > I don't like those "ergonomic" keyboards that split the keyboard to be > comfortable for two hands. I don't know about the rest of you but I spend > at least as much time with one hand on the mouse and the other on the > keyboard as I do with both hands on the keyboard. So the ergonomic aspects > are actually a hindrance when typing with one hand. > > I don't care about media buttons or any other specific use button. I > never user them. They just make the keyboard bigger. 20% of the keys on > my current keyboard will never be used. > > Obviously I want the keys to be comfortable to use 8 hours a day. > > The recently announce keyboard from microsoft is fairly close to what I'm > looking for: > > > http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/microsofts-new-ergonomic-keyboard-is-just-plain-weird-looking/ > > But it's ergonomic style is a bit of a negative. > > Any thoughts? > > David > > "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes > will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" > -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama > >
