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Re: [OM] Clickity Clack - Revenge of the Keyboards

Subject: Re: [OM] Clickity Clack - Revenge of the Keyboards
From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 22:06:45 +0200
Thought of Siri?


Amities

Philippe



> Le 9 avr. 2019 à 20:22, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
>> I switched to Dvorak many years ago, and never looked back.
> 
> I did try for a bit. But it wasn't as successful as I had hoped it to
> be. What happened is that I had trained myself into muscle memory of
> certain words. My fingers just automatically type out certain words
> without thinking about it at all. So, when I changed to the Dvorak
> layout, I was typing gibberish. If I was able to strictly use one
> keyboard layout, I would have been fine, but when using other
> computers all the time, it was too problematic.
> 
> Honestly, I don't think it helped my CTS at all. Oddly enough, my
> Microsoft contour keyboard is probably the hardest thing on my wrists
> there is. It's strange that an ergonomic keyboard should be a problem.
> The biggest problem is the low-profile keys.
> 
> After typing up my missive, I did a little more research on the HyperX
> that I bought. It's really the king of minimalist keyboards. The
> housing slab itself is very thin and the keys stick up and are
> floating above the slab. There are no surrounds or gaps around the
> keys to lose food crumbs down into. The keys themselves are the OEM
> high-rise style with maybe 2-3 mm of rise between each row. One
> criticism that reviewers of this keyboard make is that it doesn't come
> with a palm rest. There really is no need for it because the keyboard
> is so thin the key height above the desk is pretty minimal. I always
> prop up the back of the keyboard anyway. The key height is nearly
> perfect for my hands. I didn't realize just how good it was at the
> store. My home desk has a little slope at the very front where the
> heals of my hands are. As a result, my hands are actually lower than
> they would be if I was on a flat desk. I really wouldn't want this
> keyboard to be any lower.
> 
> The noise, though...
> 
> AG Schnozz
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