{"id":4596,"date":"2009-04-25T11:57:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T01:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.wordpress.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2009-04-25T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T01:57:23","slug":"aside-keyboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2009\/04\/25\/aside-keyboards\/","title":{"rendered":"Aside – Keyboards"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a high speed touch typist, I have more than a strong regard for good<\/em> keyboards. As someone who has dealt with RSI for the last 10+ years, I have an even stronger regard for healthy<\/em> keyboards.<\/p>\n

First, I’ll say from the outset that it’s my non-professional opinion that if you’re suffering from RSI and using a “wavy” keyboard (as pioneered by Microsoft), you need to throw it out<\/strong>. There’s a very important reason for this. The wave style keyboard is designed for hands “at rest” \u2013 and when you’re typing, your hands are not at rest<\/em>. Thus, while the wavy keyboards are supposedly ergonomic, I and many other long term RSI sufferers find they simply exacerbate symptoms.<\/p>\n

Kinesis-Ergo Keyboard<\/h3>\n

For a good 8 years, up until 18 months ago, I used one style of keyboard whenever I was at a desk \u2013 the Kinesis-Ergo Contoured keyboard<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Kinesis-Ergo Contoured Keyboard (photo linked from Kinesis product page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This has two very important features for RSI sufferers:<\/p>\n