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The unix69 keyboard layout: nerdy and nice

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Re: The unix69 keyboard layout: nerdy and nice

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coldpie wrote: post #17

I am continually baffled by how keyboard enthusiasts almost never have ergonomic layouts. If you care this much about typing, surely the first thing you do is get an ergo layout. The rectangle layout is really bad, people! How can you spend this much time and energy and money on keyboards, and keep using the awful rectangle layout?

My last 3 keyboard purchases have all been some level of split for this reason (Work, WFH Desk, and tertiary WFH desk).

Re: The unix69 keyboard layout: nerdy and nice

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bombcar wrote: post #21
coldpie wrote: post #17

I am continually baffled by how keyboard enthusiasts almost never have ergonomic layouts. If you care this much about typing, surely the first thing you do is get an ergo layout. The rectangle layout is really bad, people! How can you spend this much time and energy and money on keyboards, and keep using the awful rectangle layout?

Keyboard enthusiasts can never get carpal tunnel because they spend too much time switching keyboards to actually type .

honestly kind of. I have (multiple) varied layout keyboards as swapping between them changes finger/arm/wrist levels. My finger/wrist pain (almost) went away when I started moving to a different layout every few weeks. I was worried about needing surgery before 30; now since splurging on (many) keebs my hands feel in a better shape than a decade ago.
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