Keyboard that would help avoid fingers strain (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by ColonelRevolution@lemmygrad.ml to c/leftistunix@lemmygrad.ml

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Hey there,

I've been doing a lot of typing lately on my shitty old Compaq keyboard (it has a good build quality, but keys require relatively much force to be pressed) and I experience some discomfort in my fingers.

Would anybody suggest any specific keyboard or keyboard type that would help me ease the strain? I know absolutely nothing about keyboards lol!

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

In addition to hardware recommendations that others make, if you aren’t using Dvorak it may help. The evidence is entirely anecdotal but it did help me.

[-] ColonelRevolution@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Did it take a long time for you to learn Dvorak?

[-] Prologue7642@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

If you want to consider switching layouts I would look into Colemak, it is basically qwerty changed, so you get most of the benefits of Dvorak but much easier to learn.

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