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somehow all the better ergonomic ones are missing: typematrix (i own one of those), kinesis, etc. that's kind of lame for an article titled "best desktop keyboards"
If you look closely, you'll notice they're the best as voted on by our community. It looks like their tastes and yours differ somewhat.
somehow all the better ergonomic ones are missing: typematrix (i own one of those), kinesis, etc. that's kind of lame for an article titled "best desktop keyboards"
If you look closely, you'll notice they're the best as voted on by our community. It looks like their tastes and yours differ somewhat.
What a lame article... I don't know why I expected more from Lifehacker. Anyone who does a lot of typing at work is not going to like Apple keyboards. Those things ruin your fingers because the keys have no give. It is kind of similar to what running on concrete will do to your knees.
Different strokes, etc.
I personally can't stand Apple's keyboards. They look very nice, obviously, but I find them cramped for typing. I have a keycapless Das that is a dream and I've been considering a Kinesis for a long time. If you don't know how to touch type, I highly recommend the Das Model S Ultimate Silent. Two weeks with that cleared it all up, but make sure you have a backup for typing passwords.
I thought I'd hate the Apple keyboard (on my MacBook Pro) but I ended up really liking it a lot. Even more than my nice mechanical keyboard. It's very quiet and I can type much faster than I can with the mechanical keyboard.
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The Kinesis Advantage uses the same Cherry keyswitches as a Das Keyboard, and has a split ergo layout: http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm
I've been tempted before but the layout looks a bit extreme. Does it take a while to get used to or is it a pretty easy switch?
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Some people seem to be immune to it, you might be one of the lucky few. Make no mistake, though: Dvorak is an aggravating factor in carpal tunnel syndrome. The faster you type by moving your fingers only and not your hands, the more likely you are to start feeling the onset of CTS. Ironically, the best way to make sure you won't suffer from CTS is by typing with just two fingers.
All the anecdotes I've read on Dvorak switchers indicate relief from CTS compared with Qwerty. For the same speed of typing, Dvorak users move their fingers less than Qwerty users. It would be nice to have some hard data.