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I've done this and it works for normal typing. The downside is key combinations do not work across the keyboards (at least on Mac OS X). Example, pressing cmd on the left keyboard and p on the right keyboard will not trigger cmd-p.
While this is pretty novel (I don't recall seeing anything exactly like this in the past 25 years), I doubt that it's truly more ergonomic than a standard keyboard on a desk that's at the right height and distance from you. With the keyboards at angles like that your hands are going to be pulled by gravity downward away from the keyboard at rest. Meaning you have to hold your hands in typing position. Additionally, t…
However, having your wrists be less pronated also makes a huge difference. The most neutral position for your forearms/wrists when your arms are in a typical typing position is only pronated slightly compared to a vertical (“handshake”) type orientation. Typing on a standard one-piece keyboard, such that the palms are facing downward, even in the best possible position, still puts a lot of static load on the relevant muscles, and encourages the typist to hold the arms out to the side with the elbows up, as a way of reducing that strain, which causes various other posture problems.
I've done this and it works for normal typing. The downside is key combinations do not work across the keyboards (at least on Mac OS X). Example, pressing cmd on the left keyboard and p on the right keyboard will not trigger cmd-p.
[0] http://octopup.org/computer/datahand
edit: yes, I'm joking - but at the same time, I wish I could afford a DataHand...
You're almost there, a few more iterations and you are ready for DataHand[0]. [0] http://octopup.org/computer/datahand edit: yes, I'm joking - but at the same time, I wish I could afford a DataHand...
I've done this and it works for normal typing. The downside is key combinations do not work across the keyboards (at least on Mac OS X). Example, pressing cmd on the left keyboard and p on the right keyboard will not trigger cmd-p.
"When you are using multiple keyboards, modifier keys are shared with all keyboards."
While this is pretty novel (I don't recall seeing anything exactly like this in the past 25 years), I doubt that it's truly more ergonomic than a standard keyboard on a desk that's at the right height and distance from you. With the keyboards at angles like that your hands are going to be pulled by gravity downward away from the keyboard at rest. Meaning you have to hold your hands in typing position. Additionally, t…
Yeah I'm definitely not claiming novelty ( http://ohbah.com/mods/chairkey/images/cat.jpg ). Over the past year I've tried a number of different solutions, and actually alternate among this, a mechanical keyboard and various (optimized) desks (standing and not). The idea with this is that your arms will be pulled down (as you noted) but into the cushy arm rests, as opposed to your arms supporting themselves (if you ar…
I'm swapping between ergodox, kinesis advantage, and type matrix these days but always keeping my eye out for a better solution. Honestly the best thing I have found is a different keyboard, so these days I just keep cycling through them every few months.
Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9719773