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DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by drcode »

oftenwrong wrote: post #11

The flat design would seem to make this even less ergonomic than a laptop (an already low bar). Is this meant to be placed on a desk? The user would basically have to hang their head down to look at the display, which is just in front of their fingers. There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. Otherwise, the retro hardware aesthetic is cool. Reminds me a bit of the early brie…

I find it hard to buy into this popular notion that the head isn't designed to look downwards: People have been reading books like this for thousands of years.

This version of ergonomics that implies "your neck is going to snap off if you look down" is suspect to me.

Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by ziml77 »

timvdalen wrote: post #6

I want one to leave in the drawer with all my Raspberry Pi's.

It very much looks like a cool toy and I am tempted to get one, but that's exactly what would happen to mine. And I expect that a significant portion of people who purchase it will also play with it for a couple hours and then never touch it again. Which makes me kind of upset that it's being manufactured. Feels like it's just encouraging creating more plastic/electronics waste.

Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by drcode »

pantalaimon wrote: post #13

Looks pretty neat! But what's the point of the thermal printer? Is this supposed to be used as a portable cash register?

I think there's lots of creative use cases for it, I could imagine printing out chunks of my source code as I'm programming, to reference as I work on other parts.

Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by drcode »

goatinaboat wrote: post #18

A5 is too small, at A4 I would be interested. Are those volume/brightness controls on the sides, or are they just decorative?

afaik the "knobs" are decorative fasteners that snap together the front and back plates of the device. They have no active function.

Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by drcode »

goatinaboat wrote: post #18

A5 is too small, at A4 I would be interested. Are those volume/brightness controls on the sides, or are they just decorative?

afaik the "knobs" are decorative fasteners that snap together the front and back plates of the device. They are not functional knobs.

Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by justusthane »

drcode wrote: post #71
oftenwrong wrote: post #11

The flat design would seem to make this even less ergonomic than a laptop (an already low bar). Is this meant to be placed on a desk? The user would basically have to hang their head down to look at the display, which is just in front of their fingers. There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. Otherwise, the retro hardware aesthetic is cool. Reminds me a bit of the early brie…

I find it hard to buy into this popular notion that the head isn't designed to look downwards: People have been reading books like this for thousands of years. This version of ergonomics that implies "your neck is going to snap off if you look down" is suspect to me.

We’ve been looking straight ahead and hunting things for much longer than we’ve been reading books. Looking straight down is definitely poor ergonomics.

Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by wackro »

drcode wrote: post #71
oftenwrong wrote: post #11

The flat design would seem to make this even less ergonomic than a laptop (an already low bar). Is this meant to be placed on a desk? The user would basically have to hang their head down to look at the display, which is just in front of their fingers. There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. Otherwise, the retro hardware aesthetic is cool. Reminds me a bit of the early brie…

I find it hard to buy into this popular notion that the head isn't designed to look downwards: People have been reading books like this for thousands of years. This version of ergonomics that implies "your neck is going to snap off if you look down" is suspect to me.

Ever heard of nerd neck?

Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev

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Post by alpaca128 »

moron4hire wrote: post #58
alpaca128 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. I know a physical therapist who would strongly disagree with this; in fact he explicitly recommends to use a laptop for ergonomic reasons unless you can achieve a proper, ergonomic setup with an external screen. The reason being that if used properly(laptop far back so you can rest the whole forearms and elbows on the table) the ang…

Given OSHA's recommendations on setting up a computer workstation, I think perhaps you need a new physical therapist: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/index....

As it literally says in that text you linked, not every posture works for everyone. I did not claim that a laptop leads to the best situation for ergonomics, I just wanted to debunk the "there's no way using a laptop could ever be healthy" claim which both a professional I know as well as my own experience don't agree with. It can be healthy, though admittedly most people don't do it right.

I'm glad I listened to his advice because it seemed to fix my issues for good. If you found a comfortable setup that's different then that's great as well.

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