RSI-basher?

[Daniel O'Connor]

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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:52, Paul Robinson wrote:
> 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?

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.

As someone else said... I suspect it's 90% personal as to what weird 
combination works with your body :)

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